Oval By the end of the first day’s play in the Oval Test, India has scored 204 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Karun Nair is playing 52 runs till the stumps, while Manchester Test century Washington Sundar is currently scoring 19 runs at the crease. There has been a partnership of 51 runs between the two. The first day was affected by the rain, due to which the game of the first session had to be finished quickly. At the same time, after lunch, the match started for a long time, because the Oval ground continued to rain again and again. It was raining before the match, due to which the toss delayed a few minutes. Well, England won the toss and first invited India to bat and the game started on time. Yashasvi Jaiswal’s poor form continues unabated, which was dismissed by just 2 runs. KL Rahul, who was India’s most trusted batsman in the series, was dismissed for just 14 runs this time. Due to moisture in the pitch, the ball was getting stuck and Bahrat had lost the first 2 wickets for just 38 runs. Sai Sudarshan once again got the start, who scored 38 runs but could not convert him into a big innings. Captain Gill was also set, playing 21 runs but was run out in a hurry. Ravindra Jadeja, who scored a century in Manchester, could not last at the crease for long, who scored just 9 runs. Dhruv Jurlel was replaced by Rishabh Pant in the playing XI, who batted the outside ball and caught the catch in the slip. Jurael scored 19 runs. Before the Oval Test, Karun Nair scored just 131 runs in 6 innings. The fifth Test is being seen as the last expectation for Karun Nair and he too has left no stone unturned to capitalize on the occasion. Nair has put the first fifty on England tour. It is also the first half-century in Karun Nair’s Test cricket in 9 years, as he never touched 50 runs in the Test after Triple Century against England in 2016.
