Team India bowlers bowled their heart out during England's second innings at the Oval to register a nail-biting victory by 6 runs. Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna shared 9 wickets between them with Siraj picking a fifer as India levelled the series. Not only were the emotions running high on the field, but also inside the dressing room.
Gautam Gambhir's wild celebration inside Tea mIndia's dressing room
A video shared by the BCCI on it's social media handle shows coaches and support staff all under pressure as the match reached its climax. As soon as Siraj picked up the final wicket, coach Gambhir was seen expressing his raw emotion by not only yelling in joy but also tightly hugging the bowling Mornie Morkel with a teary eye.
The celebration showed was a sense of relief for the coach whose team was not only looking down the barrel but were on the verge of losing the series 3-1
Team India register win for the ages
Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna delivered the final nail into the coffin of Team England's batting lineup on the final day to help India win the match by 6 runs. Despite India needing only four wickets on Day 5, England entered as firm favourites.
Jamie Overton smashed two fours to bring the target down to 27, but Siraj struck back to remove both Overton and Jamie Smith. Krishna cleaned up bowled Josh Tongue to take Team India one step closer, while Siraj rattled Gus Atkinson's off stump as the Asian Giants closed out their narrowest win by runs.
Siraj completed his fifer in the second innings. His effort was lauded by the cricketing fraternity especially after he was all over the news for dropping an important catch of Harry Brook on Day 4 who went on to score 111 runs in the losing cause.
