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The fifth and last Test of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played from 31 July. The competition will be held at The Oval Stadium in London, for which both teams have reached London. India played 15 Tests here and won just 2. However, the previous victory was won only in 2021.
If India won the Oval Test, the team will equal the series 2-2. At the same time, if the match was drawn or England wins, the series will also be in the name of the home team. In the fifth Test, Indian captain Shubman Gill also has a chance to make 3 big records.
The record of The Oval Stadium in the story …
India won 2 Tests at Oval India played the first Test in 1936 at The Oval Stadium in London, when the team lost by 9 wickets. It took the team 35 years to win the first Test on this ground. India defeated England by 4 wickets under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar in 1971.
After 1971, India drew 5 Tests at The Oval, while losing 3. The team again won the second win on this ground in 2021 under the captaincy of Virat Kohli. He won the team by 157 runs. On this ground, India played 14 Tests against England, won 2 and lost 5. During this time there were 7 draws.
WTC final was also lost here India played the last Test at The Oval against Australia in 2023. This was the final of the World Test Championship (WTC), in which India lost by 209 runs. Rohit Sharma was the captain of Team India, who said goodbye to the format before the series team was announced against England.
Australia won the trophy by defeating the World Test Championship (WTC) 2023 on The Oval ground in India.
England won 43% Test at Oval Stadium England played 106 Tests at The Oval Stadium. In 45, the team lost and defeat in just 24. During this, there were also 37 draws. However, England has also been all out for 52 runs here. The team was dismissed on the score in 1948 against Australia. The team against India was reduced to 101 on this ground in 1971.
India scored 500 plus runs 3 times at Oval At the Oval Stadium, India scored more than 500 runs 3 times, drawing three times. India’s highest score is 664 runs, which the team scored against England in 2007. In 2021, India won the match by scoring 466 runs in their second innings.
England’s highest score at this ground is 903 runs, which the team scored against Australia in 1938. The team has scored 590 plus runs 2 times against India. England won in 1, while the second match was a draw. England has scored more than 500 runs 10 times in 190 innings here.
First batting teams won 37% matches So far 107 Tests have been held at The Oval. 37% i.e. in 40 matches, the first batting teams won. At the same time, 30 matches were the names of the teams to bowl. There were 37 matches draw here. Since 2011, there were 14 Tests at The Oval, with just 1 match draw. In 8, the first batting and the first bowling teams in 5 won. In such a situation, teams can win the toss and choose batting first.
Shubman can make 3 big records …
1. Indians who scored the most runs in a series Shubman Gill has scored 722 runs in 4 Tests of the series. As soon as he scored 53 runs in the last Test, he will become the most runs to score the most runs in a series. In this case, he will surpass Sunil Gavaskar, who has 774 runs. Gavaskar set this record against the West Indies in 1971.
2. Captain who scored the most runs in a series Shubman will also become the captain to score the most runs in a Test series as soon as Shubman scored 89 runs. In this case he will overtake Donald Bradman of Australia. Who scored 810 runs against England in 1936.
Gill will also become the Indian captain to score the most runs in a series as soon as 11 runs were scored. In this case, he will surpass Sunil Gavaskar, who scored 732 runs against the West Indies in 1978.
3. Captain who scored the most centuries in a series Shubman Gill has scored 4 centuries in the series. Gill is currently on par with Don Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar, among the captains who scored the most centuries in a Test series. He will reach the top in this record as soon as he scored 1 more centuries in the last match. If Gill scored 2 centuries, he will also become players to score the most century in a series.