Bowling coach Morne Morkel had effusive praise in store for "outstanding" Mohammed Siraj, who took the mantle of spearheading India's pace attack in the absence of Jasprit Bumrah, while "enjoying" the added responsibility during the fifth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England
Jaiswal said, "I'm really happy, I really enjoyed the innings. It was the last push for this tour, so I was just trying my best and telling myself to keep playing session by session, one ball at a time and yeah, I really enjoyed it."
"I think a lot of up and downs. I feel like sometimes I didn't bowl as best as I could, especially the first day here," he admitted at the post-day press conference.
The duo added 107 runs for the third wicket on Day 3 in the series decider. This partnership was the 18th 100-run stand in this ongoing England tour, the most in a Test series in this century (since 2000), surpassing 17 in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2003-04.
In the second innings of the ongoing Oval Test, Shubman Gill scored just 11 runs of nine balls, which was laced by two boundaries. With this knock, the cricketer touched the 6000-run mark in his cricketing career.
Anil Chaudhary, who has taken retirement from umpiring in international matches, has said that the Indian team has done better than expectations in the England Test tour and the matches have been tightly contested.
Ravindra Jadeja added another feather to his cap by surpassing former batting mainstay VVS Laxman for most runs by an Indian batting at number six or lower in a SENA (South Africa, England, New Zealand, Australia) Test series.
Former India Test captain Rohit Sharma visited the Oval to cheer the Men in Blue on Day 3 of the fifth and final Test against England in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
Young Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal's exceptional innings of 118 runs gave India an upper hand after the end of the second session in the fifth and final Test of the Anderson Tendulkar Trophy 2025, which is being played at the Kennington Oval in London on Saturday.
Former umpire Anil Chaudhary shared his views on the recent "DRS controversy" which took place during the first day of the fifth and final match of the series, which is being played between England and India at the Kennington Oval in London.