Siraj the star as India square series with epic six-run victory

India sealed their closest-ever Test win in terms of runs as Siraj picked up a five-for

India claw back after Brook, Root tons to set up thrilling finish

Prasidh got Root and Bethell in nine balls to keep India's hopes alive, but the hosts need only 35 more

Jaiswal hundred, Siraj's late strike make India favourites

England lose Zak Crawley to last ball of day after being set 374 to win with series on the line

Siraj, Jaiswal and Prasidh put India in front on 15-wicket day

England dominated till lunch with bat and ball, but India reversed the momentum from there and didn't look back

'I've made it again' - Nair looks back on 'up-and-down' comeback series

Nair talks about his return, Gill's captaincy, Gambhir's message, and how the Lord's Test galvanised the team

Holy mackerel Batman, what did we just watch?

Full-on and full-scale, England vs India was a series so packed with events and excitement that you'll struggle to remember more than a handful looking back

Gill shows he is ready for the grind of India's Test captaincy

A 2-2 draw in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy has boosted the 25-year-old's belief in himself

England vs India top moments: Siraj's heartbreak, Gill vs Crawley, Root's records

Our writers pick the moments that they will most remember from the pulsating 25-day-long England vs India Test series

Rock & Roll It podcast: All about Oval, 2-2 and India's next gen

Sidharth Monga, Karthik Krishnaswamy and Dustin Silgardo look back on a riveting Test series

Brendon McCullum: 'We know we've got room to improve'

Head coach says England will digest lessons after India's "deserved" victory at The Oval

India's win at The Oval might herald a golden era for them

At a time of transition, India's young squad proved themselves more than capable of filling the shoes of their former storied colleagues

Was India's six-run win at the Oval their closest in a Test?

Also, were England and India's four changes apiece for the fifth Test a record?

Switch Hit: Que Siraj, Siraj

England and India drew 2-2 after a nerve-shredding end to an amazing series. Alan Gardner catches up with Andrew Miller and Sid Monga to pick through all the Test match goodness

'Devastating' - Brook expresses regret after dismissal triggers England's Oval collapse

"Hindsight is a beautiful thing, and obviously, I wish now that I didn't play that shot and get out," Harry Brook says

The agony, the ecstasy: 56 minutes of Test cricket at its most glorious

In less than an hour's play on an epic 25th morning, England and India's series touched rare heights

With Ronaldo in his heart and phone, Siraj runs on 'belief'

The India fast bowler was one of the main reasons the fifth Test entered its final morning, and he put in a match-winning performance

Support role no more, Mohammed Siraj you're a hero

No one has had to work harder for his success in this series, and Mohammed Siraj finally has the recognition to go with his rewards

How Woakes defied injury to front up in England's hour of need

England seamer's heroic rearguard could yet be his final act in international cricket

Siraj: 'When I woke up this morning, I told myself I would change the game'

"I opened Google, downloaded a 'believe' image and put that as my phone wallpaper"

Six-run thriller - India script their narrowest win in Tests

Stats highlights from India's thrilling victory against England at The Oval

Rain forecast for final day of The Oval Test, but will it affect the result?

It will take a lot of rain to stop England from scoring 35 runs or India from taking four wickets

Gill: 'We are a gun team, and we have gun players'

Siraj took three of the last four wickets on the fifth morning to seal an epic win at The Oval

Rahul: This series 'will rank right at the top' for India

KL Rahul ranks the 2-2 draw in England as among India's best achievements in Test cricket

Woakes ruled out of Oval Test and is doubt for Ashes after shoulder injury

England seamer's Ashes prospects in doubt after heavy fall

Brook and Root put England in sight of 3-1

England scored 153 runs in the 28 overs of the middle session to hurt India

Walking wounded: Woakes and Pant bond over injuries

Root: Heavy roller on day five could be an 'advantage' for England

The England batter is confident that the lower order can knock off the remaining 35 runs to seal the series

Stats - Root overtakes Ponting, Kallis and Jayawardene for most tons at home

Stats highlights from the penultimate day of the Oval Test

'He's all in' - Root says shoulder dislocation won't prevent Woakes from batting

"Hopefully, it doesn't get to that. But he had some throwdowns in here at one point, and he's ready if needed"

Brook's distorted reality brings England's dream finish into focus

Extraordinary century bends The Oval narrative to his will before India's fightback threatens nightmare ending

Siraj goes on and on and on, tired but undeterred

His mis-step at the boundary may haunt him, but India's biggest drop was at the selection table

Beatles, Floyd, Siraj

What's a tour of England without some nostalgia - or a lot of it?

Jaiswal's sixth Test century stretches India's lead

India went into the tea break at 304 for 6, having gained a healthy lead of 281

Butter-fingered England spill six chances at The Oval

Jaiswal had three lives, while Sai Sudharsan, Akash Deep and Nair were all put down

Akash Deep's maiden Test fifty gives India upper-hand at lunch

He scored 66 and fell just before lunch, adding 107 with Yashasvi Jaiswal for the third wicket

Jaiswal breaks into top five Test batters, Atkinson into top ten bowlers

Matt Henry went up three spots among Test bowlers to be ranked fourth after his nine-wicket haul against Zimbabwe

Akash Deep joins nightwatch lore with Oval knock to remember

India's unlikely batting hero on the third morning helped add a century stand and put the visitors on track for what could be a famous win

England made to toil amid mishaps of their own making

Three inexperienced seamers tried their best to hold the line but England's predicament felt like a failure of management

Stats - Gill only behind Bradman as India crush batting records

All the numbers and records from a series where the Indian batters made merry

Oval and out: Jaiswal's series comes a full circle with statement hundred

It has been a series of ups and downs for Jaiswal, but with the bat, he managed to end on a high

India fight back through Siraj, Prasidh after England's morning blitz

England dominated the morning session on Day 2, but India's quicks turned the tide

Atkinson, Duckett, Crawley blitz India in morning hurricane

India lost four wickets for six runs before the England openers tore into the bowling

Gus Atkinson takes five as India collapse for 224

He took three of the remaining four India wickets that India had when they arrived on Friday morning on 204 for 6

Cricket, breathtaking cricket: Have you experienced anything like Oval 2025 before?

On Monday, Test cricket threw Indian fans into a situation they had no idea how to live through. Who knows when, or if, we will ever experience something like this again

Dropped catches leave England 'frustrated' and 'disappointed'

They dropped three catches in the first 15 overs of India's second innings

Stats - The breathtaking Crawley-Duckett opening salvo

They are the first opening pair from England with a 500-plus aggregate in a Test series since Strauss and Cook in the 2010-11 Ashes

'That was the plan' - Prasidh on verbal duel with Root

"But I didn't expect the couple of words I said to get such a big reaction from him," says the fast bowler

India get a thrilling dose of the Zak Crawley experience

The England opener has remained undroppable despite plenty of patchy form, and he showed why at The Oval

When India's fast-bowling wise guys got together and said 'so what'

For the first time in the series, India's fast bowlers bowled poorer lengths than England's. But they regrouped quickly to script a turnaround

Brook counterattacks after Siraj and Prasidh's strikes

England still need 210 but Brook and Root have added 58 in the last ten overs, after India's early incision