Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:15am on 09 Aug 2025,Saturday Sports
India entered Day 5 of the fifth Test at The Oval under pressure—not only to secure a narrow win but also due to a warning from ICC match referee Jeff Crowe: if their over-rate wasn’t improved, they risked losing four World Test Championship (WTC) points for being six overs behind the required pace . Rather than altering strategy to avoid the penalty, coach Gautam Gambhir encouraged the team to go all out for victory . Pacers Prasidh Krishna and Mohammed Siraj responded, taking the remaining four England wickets in under an hour—India won by just six runs and avoided any points deduction. (PC: NDTV)
