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The fifth and last Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England will be played at The Oval Stadium in London from today. Team India lags 1-2 behind in the 5 Test series. This match is important for both teams. India would like to win it and draw the series 2-2, while the English team would like to win the Oval Test and win the series.
The first match was won by England by 5 wickets and the third 22 runs. At the same time, India won the second Test by 336 runs. The fourth match was a draw. England released their playing XI on Wednesday, a day before the fifth Test. There were four changes in the team. Team captain Ben Stokes has been outs up. Oli Pope captains in his place.
Match details, fifth Test IND vs Eng date- 31 July to 5 August, 2025 Stadium- The Oval, London Time: Toss- 3:00 PM, Match Start- 3:30 PM
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. 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.
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.
India has a chance to win the 11th Test in England Team India launched its journey in England in 1932. Since then, 140 Tests have been played between the two teams. In this, 53 England won their names, while Team India won 36 matches. At the same time, there were 51 Test draws. India played 71 Tests in England. Only 10 won, but the team also conducted 23 Test draws here. England won in 38 matches.
So far 36 Test series have been played between the two teams. England won 19 and India won. While there were 5 draws. From 1932 to 2025, Team India played 19 Test series in England in 94 years. India won 3, while 2 draws. At the same time, the team faced defeat in 14.
Gill series top scorer Shubman Gill scored 269 and 161 runs in the second Test. Gill’s name has 4 centuries in this series so far. He also scored a century in the last match. He is the top scorer of both this series and the team. At the same time, both fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Siraj are at the top of India in bowling with 14-14 wickets. Bumrah will not play in this match. He has been rested due to workload management.
Jamie Smith England’s top batter English batsman Jamie Smith is the top scorer of the English team in the series. He has scored 424 runs in 4 matches. During this time his best score is 184 runs. Jamie played this innings in the first innings of the Birmingham Test. The bowling department has the top wicket of captain Ben Stokes Series. He has 17 wickets. At the same time, Josh is the second bowler to take the most wickets for the tongue team. He has 11 wickets.
108th Test will be played at Oval Bounce is seen on the oval pitch. As the match progresses, the spinner also gets help. Here, batting batter can easily score runs. Till now 107 Tests have been played here, the teams first batting won 40 and the first bowling teams won 30 matches. While 37 matches were also drawn.
Rain can interrupt Rainfall may obstruct the oval test. There is a possibility of light rain during these five days. Rainfall is most likely on the first, second and fourth day of the match. There may be 84% rainfall in Manchester on 31 July, 60% on 1 August and 58% on August 3. The maximum temperature during these 5 days is likely to be 23 ° C and the minimum is 14 ° C.
Both teams
India’s Posible Playing-11: Shubman Gill (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Dhruv Jurlel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Mohammad Siraj, Akashdeep, Arshdeep Singh.
England’s playing-11: Oli Pope (captain), Jack Croly, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethle, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Gas Atkinson, Jamie Overton, Josh Tung.