India head into the fifth Test in Manchester starting Friday just one match away from the superb achievement of winning Test series in both Australia and England in the same year. Their 157-run win at the Oval completed Monday, that put them 2-1 up with one to play, came after England’s innings and 76-run victory at Headingley, where India were dismissed for just 78 in the first innings. But it was a different story in south London. Rohit Sharma scored his first Test hundred outside of India, bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur hit fifties in both innings and took valuable wickets and Ravindra Jadeja bowled some probing spin. India’s win was made all the more remarkable by the omission of Ravichandran Ashwin , yet to feature in this series, despite the off-spinner’s haul of 413 Test wickets. In Australia, India recovered from being 36 all out in the series opener to win 2-1 and they now lead England by the same scoreline after bouncing back from another batting collapse. “Love being written off” “It was unbelievable,” said India captain Virat Kohli after the victory. “We love being written off and I think a lot of people after Leeds really stood up… Read full this story
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