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Day in Pictures: India vs England, 5th Test, Kia Oval, Day 5
England beat India by 118 runs to win the fifth Test at the Oval on Tuesday. The match ended when James Anderson became the most successful fast bowler in Test history when he bowled Mohammed Shami for his 564th Test wicket, breaking the record he had shared with Australia's Glenn McGrath.
Last Updated on - September 11, 2018 11:54 PM IST
Resuming the day on 58 for 3, Ajinkya Rahane and KL Rahul had little trouble negotiating the first hour of play as they scored freely to take India past the 100-run mark (Getty Image)
KL Rahul compiled his first 50 plus score of the series with a boundary (Getty Image)
Ajinkya Rahane though departed for 37, with Moeen Ali ending the 118-run stand. Rahane miscued a sweep lobbing a simple catch in front of the wicket (Getty Image)
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Hanuma Vihari was peppered with the short stuff by Ben Stokes and he fell for zero nicking to Jonny Bairstow. India slumped to 121/5 (Getty Image)
Rahul then brought up his fifth Test hundred with a boundary towards fine leg in quick time. (Getty Image)
KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant ignited hopes of an improbable Indian win at Kia Oval. @Getty
KL Rahul then notched up his fifth Test hundred (Getty Image)
Rishabh Pant was on full T20 mode and reached his maiden Test ton off 118 deliveries with six (Getty Image)
That made him the second youngest wicketkeeper batsman to register a Test century aged 20 years and 342 days (Getty Image)
By tea, India had reached 298 runs for five with the equation reading 166 runs needed to win from 33 overs (Getty Image)
Post tea, KL Rahul was dismissed by Adil Rashid with a terrific delivery that spun viciously after pitching on the rough and hit the off stump. Rahul went for 149 (Getty Image)
Soon after Rishabh Pant was holed out in the deep by Moeen Ali off Rashid for 114, thus ending hopes of an Indian win (Getty Image)
Then it was a matter of time and Sam Curran removed Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja (Getty Image)
Fittingly, James Anderson picked the last wicket to fall cleaning up Mohammad Shami to take England to a 118-run win and a 4-1 series win (Getty Image)
That wicket was 564th for Anderson, making him now the highest wicket-taker among pacers surpassing Glenn McGrath (Getty Image)
Deservedly, Alastair Cook led the team out. India were all out for 345 (Getty Image)
