Summary

  • India wrap up victory in final session

  • India lead 2-1 in five-Test series

  • England slip from 141-2 to 210 all out

  • Hameed 63, Burns 50, Root 36

  • Malan run out for 5

  • Umesh 3-60, Thakur 2-22, Bumrah 2-27

  • Fourth Test, Kia Oval, day five

  1. England crumble as inspired India sweep to victorypublished at 17:30 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    So India lead this series 2-1 with one Test to play. The final Test begins on Friday at Old Trafford.

    You can read all about today's play in our report here.

    Scroll down for reaction from both camps and the pundits.

    I'll leave you with the short highlights below...

  2. Highlights tonight on BBC Twopublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    You can see highlights of today's game at 19:00 BST on BBC Two.

  3. Postpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Deep Dasgupta
    Former India wicketkeeper on BBC Test Match Special

    Virat Kohli's passion, and the feeling that he has got, is so infectious. You know his side will never be lacking intensity, whether they leading or behind in the game, the intensity levels are high.

  4. We love being written off - Kohlipublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    India captain Virat Kohli on TMS: "It was unbelievable. We love being written off and I think a lot of people after Leeds really stood up and said, will India be able to come back? But we've shown time and time again that we are a top side and we have been at the top for a while now, and that's because of the belief and the passion that we have in this group. This win is as special as Lord's, if not more."

  5. Postpublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    England can bounce back at Old Trafford if they get the pitch. If India start well, and do well on day one, England won't have the mental strength to do what India did this week.

    If India get ahead in the game, England don't have it in them, or the skill levels, to come back.

  6. Postpublished at 17:19 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Here's a wonderful picture of the final moments.

    IndiaImage source, Getty Images
  7. Postpublished at 17:14 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    If Jos Buttler is available, and I'm sure he will be, I expect he'll come straight back in. He is England's number one wicketkeeper.

    But, and I don't know this, if he's said he's not available for the Ashes because of the times that we live in, he can't play at Old Trafford. If he is going to Australia he has to come straight back in.

  8. Postpublished at 17:13 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    England coach Chris Silverwood tells Sky Sports his side were "trying to be busy from the start and give themselves a chance in the final session to knock the runs off".

    He says they came up against a fine bowling performance.

  9. Postpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Ollie Pope is a good player. He'll learn from this week that when you're playing so well in the first innings you've got to make it count - 81 isn't enough. If he'd got 130 England would have got up 350, which they should have done in the first innings.

  10. Postpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Ollie Pope averages 61.66 this season in the County Championship. Dan Lawrence 52.90. Rory Burns 47.46. Haseeb Hameed 45.85.

    Are there better batters available?

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

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    Poor from England... No backbone and skill to bat out the final day.. Or the first, second, third or fourth.. The selectors need to change their approach and pick the best batsman from county cricket... At present we will not even be able to put up any kind of batting performance during the Ashes. And it will be an Australian whitewash. Well played India. Disheartened.

    Alan from Weymouth.

  12. 'Kohli gave a tactical masterclass'published at 17:07 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Virat Kohli was unbelievable today, he was always ahead of the game. He's always aware of which batter is coming out and bringing the seamers back on. Every little move, the field settings, the energy, getting the crowd going, he gave a tactical masterclass out there today.

    It is easy when you've got a bowling attack with so much venom and variations but as a captain you've still got to put the fielders in the right places and put the bowlers on at the right time.

    I thought he was absolutely fantastic today.

  13. Man of the match - Rohit Sharmapublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Rohit Sharma is named player of the match for his second-innings 127.

  14. Postpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Former England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Shardul Thakar's innings in the first innings was big. If he'd gone early England could have rolled them over, and it just gave India some momentum.

  15. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

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    Two matches lost by poor batting. In one innings yeah India bowled well at Lords and Oval but they were not in a good position. We threw those matches away.

    Paul from Stoke

  16. Postpublished at 17:02 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Kohli says today was one of the "top three" bowling performances he has seen as India captain.

  17. Did Root use Moeen correctly?published at 17:01 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    The way England handle spin in this Test team is a concern. I don't quite get the spin management. Jack Leach was magnificent in the winter and he hasn't bowled a single ball this summer. He must be at sea thinking 'what is my role in this England Test match team?'.

    The way the spin was used in this Test was a concern because it was quite clear that the ball wasn't swinging and seaming, but we didn't use Moeen.

    He didn't have a great game, but I don't think Joe Root had the best game in terms of managing spin. He could have bowled himself more.

  18. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Here's the moment India sealed their victory...

  19. Postpublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    At the presentation Root says England "have to be more ruthless" and get a 200-run lead in the first innings rather than 100.

  20. Postpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 6 September 2021

    Michael Vaughan
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Jasprit Bumrah's spell after lunch was the spell of the summer by an absolute country mile.