Captain Shubman Gill's India win Oval thriller by six runs to draw England series 2-2

India beat England by just six runs in the fifth Test at The Oval in London on Monday, August 4, to draw the five-match series 2-2. Chasing 374, England were bowled out for 367.

Mohammed Siraj took 5 for 104 in the final innings and sealed the win by bowling Gus Atkinson. Siraj played all five Tests and finished as the series' leading wicket-taker with 23.

Shubman Gill, who hails from Fazilka in Punjab, was named Test captain on May 24 after Rohit Sharma's retirement. In his first series in charge he scored 754 runs at an average of 75.40, including four centuries.

At Edgbaston, Gill made 269, the highest Test score by an India captain, and 430 runs in the match as India won by 336 runs for their first-ever Test victory at the ground.

After the series, Gill said moments like these make you feel the journey is worth it. Coming after the retirements of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and R. Ashwin, the young side's showing is being seen as the start of a new era in Indian Test cricket.