Yashasvi Jaiswal rode his luck to make his sixth hundred in difficult circumstances as India prolonged their result in 281 runs at tea on day three of the fifth and closing Test in London on Saturday (August 2, 2025).
India misplaced three wickets in the session however extra importantly reached 304 for six at the break.
England continued to drop catches, taking their innings tally to 6. Jaiswal (118 off 164), who was dropped twice on Friday, was given one other life on day three. Fair to say, he made the most of the lifelines supplied to him for his second hundred of the sequence.
Shubman Gill (11 off 9) struck two chic boundaries earlier than falling to the incoming ball as soon as once more with Gus Atkinson eradicating the Indian captain off the first ball in the post-lunch session.
With that, Gill ended the sequence with a staggering 754 runs, simply 20 shy of Sunil Gavaskar’s all time report by an Indian.
Jaiswal, who bought wealthy rewards for enjoying the reduce shot, was ultimately caught in third man area.
Karun Nair was caught behind off Atkinson and as has been his downside, further bounce in the hall of uncertainty did him in.
The highest chase at The Oval is 263 and India have already made positive that England might want to chase down a report goal in the fourth innings.
Earlier, nightwatchman Akash Deep smashed his strategy to a maiden half-century, irritating a lacklustre England and placing India in a powerful place at lunch.
Resuming the day at 75 for 2, India did exceedingly effectively to succeed in 189 for 3 at the break with Yashasvi Jaiswal (85 not out off 106 balls) and Akash Deep (66 off 94 balls) sharing a 107-run stand off 150 balls.
The India pacer, who was on 4 in a single day, was ultimately dismissed by Jamie Overton in the direction of the finish of the session through a brief ball he couldn’t management, giving a straightforward catch to Gus Atkinson at level.
A bowler quick, England failed to manage the run move in opposition to Akash Deep who slashed his bat loads of occasions in the session and bought away with it. A fourth catch of the innings was dropped when Zak Crawley dropped a regulation catch of Akash Deep at third slip off Josh Tongue. England have to this point dropped 19 catches throughout 10 Indian innings.
The floor additionally performed lots higher than the first two days with the ball not seaming round that a lot. There loads of edges down the third man area however didn’t lead to wickets.
Akash Deep, who had only one top quality fifty to his title previous to this sport, made his intentions clear in the first over of the day bowled by left-arm spinner Jacob Bethell. The Indian cleared his leg and dispatched Bethell over mid-wicket for a boundary.
Akash Deep didn’t maintain in opposition to the quick bowlers as effectively, particularly Atkinson. He bought to his fifty with one other slog off Atkinson. He was understandably fired up together with his stellar effort that was duly applauded by the Indian dressing room.
Jaiswal, at the different finish, was pleased to let Akash Deep go for his pictures. However, he did play a ramp off Overton that went for a boundary.
