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Day in Pictures: India vs England, 5th Test, Kia Oval, Day 4
India were 58 for three in their second innings, needing a further 406 runs to reach their victory target of 464, at stumps on the fourth day of the fifth Test against England at the Oval on Monday.
Last Updated on - September 10, 2018 11:27 PM IST
Resuming the day on 114 for 2, Alastair Cook and Joe Root grinded India in the first session (Getty Image)
Alastair Cook reached his much anticipated hundred – his 33rd in Tests, thus becoming only the fifth player to hit centuries in his debut and final Tests (Getty Image)
Joe Root was not far behind and compiled his 14th Test hundred (Getty Image)
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The duo added 259 runs for the third wicket as England extended their lead to over 350(Getty Image)
However, Root was caught in the deep off Hanuma Vihari (Getty Image)
Cook departed as the highest ever run-getter among left-handers and with 12,472 runs the highest run-getter for England and deservedly got an rapturous ovation that went on for well over two minutes (Getty Image)
Off the next delivery, Cook edged one to the wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant to get out for 147. He walked back to the pavilion for the one last time as a batsman. (Getty Image)
Jonny Bairstow was then removed by Mohammad Shami for 18 (Getty Image)
Ravindra Jadeja then got rid of Jos Buttler for a second-ball duck (Getty Image)
Ben Stokes then upped the ante scoring 37 off 36 balls before falling to Jadeja(Getty Image)
KL Rahul held on to a simple catch at deep midwicket to remove Stokes and with that catch he surpassed Rahul Dravid as the Indian fielder for most catches in a series with 14 (Getty Image)
England declared at 423/8, setting India a target of 464 when Sam Curran was removed by Vihari (Getty Image)
In reply, James Anderson removed Shikhar Dhawan trapping in him front (Getty Image)
Anderson then equalled Glenn McGrath’s wicket tally of 563 wickets in Test when he had Cheteshwar Pujara lbw for 0(Getty Image)
Virat Kohli was out for a first-ball duck, his third career golden duck to Stuart Broad as India slumped to 2 for 3 (Getty Image)
KL Rahul chanced his arm around to score 46 off 51 as India ended Day 4 on 58/3, still 406 adrift of the target (Getty Image)
