New Delhi: India suffered a terrible batting collapse on the second day of the fifth and final Test against England bundling out for a first innings score of 224. Resuming on an overnight score of 204/6, the Shubman Gill-led side added just 20 runs in the morning session of Day 2 suffering a shocking batting collapse.
In just a space of 6 runs, the visitors lost 4 wickets as Gus Atkinson rattled the batting attack claiming three of the remaining four wickets. Jos Tongue started the damage by getting rid of half-centurion Karun Nair for 57 while Tongue was effective enough to send Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna back to the pavilion.
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While Sundar had scored 26 runs, Siraj and Krishna were dismissed for a duck while Akash Deep remained unbeaten on a nought. From 83/2 to 224 all out, this was one of the biggest crashes suffered by the Indian cricket team. 224 is the lowest first innings total scored in the current series. Atkinson (5/33) registered the second best bowling by a pacer against India at the Oval behind 7/80 taken by Gubby Allen in 1936.
Apart from Atkinson, Tongue claimed three wickets while Chris Woakes, who has been ruled out of the match also claimed a wicket. Skipper Gill threw his wicket after getting run out cheaply.