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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test

England
v India⁠

Result

India won by 157 runs

England
290 & 210
India
191 & 466
Date
2 Sep – 6 Sep 2021 · England in 2021
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
The Kia Oval, Kennington
Competition
Test · International series · 4th Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v India Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

India · 1st innings 191 all out (61.3 overs)

India · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 11 27 1 0 40.7
KL Rahul lbw b OE Robinson 17 44 3 0 38.6
CA Pujara c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 4 31 1 0 12.9
V Kohli c JM Bairstow b OE Robinson 50 96 8 0 52.1
RA Jadeja c JE Root b CR Woakes 10 34 2 0 29.4
AM Rahane c MM Ali b C Overton 14 47 1 0 29.8
RR Pant c MM Ali b CR Woakes 9 33 1 0 27.3
SN Thakur lbw b CR Woakes 57 36 7 3 158.3
UT Yadav c JM Bairstow b OE Robinson 10 20 1 0 50.0
JJ Bumrah run out (RJ Burns) 0 0 0 0 –
Mohammed Siraj not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 0) 8
Total 61.3 overs 191

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (RG Sharma, 8.6 ov), 2-28 (KL Rahul, 13.5 ov), 3-39 (CA Pujara, 19.4 ov), 4-69 (RA Jadeja, 29.6 ov), 5-105 (V Kohli, 42.5 ov), 6-117 (AM Rahane, 49.5 ov), 7-127 (RR Pant, 52.6 ov), 8-190 (SN Thakur, 60.6 ov), 9-190 (JJ Bumrah, 61.1 ov), 10-191 (UT Yadav, 61.3 ov)

India · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 3 41 1 2.93 0 0
Ollie Robinson 17.3 9 38 3 2.17 0 0
Chris Woakes 15 6 55 4 3.67 0 0
C Overton 15 2 49 1 3.27 0 0

England · 1st innings 290 all out (84 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns b JJ Bumrah 5 11 0 0 45.5
H Hameed c RR Pant b JJ Bumrah 0 12 0 0 0.0
Dawid Malan c RG Sharma b UT Yadav 31 67 5 0 46.3
Joe Root b UT Yadav 21 25 4 0 84.0
C Overton c V Kohli b UT Yadav 1 12 0 0 8.3
Ollie Pope b SN Thakur 81 159 6 0 50.9
Jonny Bairstow lbw b Mohammed Siraj 37 77 7 0 48.1
Moeen Ali c RG Sharma b RA Jadeja 35 71 7 0 49.3
Chris Woakes run out (RR Pant/JJ Bumrah) 50 60 11 0 83.3
Ollie Robinson b RA Jadeja 5 6 0 0 83.3
James Anderson not out 1* 12 0 0 8.3
Extras (b 1, lb 14, w 0, nb 8) 23
Total 84 overs 290

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (RJ Burns, 3.2 ov), 2-6 (H Hameed, 3.6 ov), 3-52 (JE Root, 15.3 ov), 4-53 (C Overton, 18.4 ov), 5-62 (DJ Malan, 24.3 ov), 6-151 (JM Bairstow, 46.5 ov), 7-222 (MM Ali, 67.2 ov), 8-250 (OJ Pope, 76.1 ov), 9-255 (OE Robinson, 77.1 ov), 10-290 (CR Woakes, 83.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
UT Yadav 19 2 76 3 4.00 0 2
JJ Bumrah 21 6 67 2 3.19 0 1
SN Thakur 15 2 54 1 3.60 0 1
Mohammed Siraj 12 4 42 1 3.50 0 1
RA Jadeja 17 1 36 2 2.12 0 3

India · 2nd innings 466 all out (148.2 overs)

India · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RG Sharma c CR Woakes b OE Robinson 127 256 14 1 49.6
KL Rahul c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 46 101 6 1 45.5
CA Pujara c MM Ali b OE Robinson 61 127 9 0 48.0
V Kohli c C Overton b MM Ali 44 96 7 0 45.8
RA Jadeja lbw b CR Woakes 17 59 3 0 28.8
AM Rahane lbw b CR Woakes 0 8 0 0 0.0
RR Pant c & b MM Ali 50 106 4 0 47.2
SN Thakur c C Overton b JE Root 60 72 7 1 83.3
UT Yadav c MM Ali b C Overton 25 23 1 2 108.7
JJ Bumrah c MM Ali b CR Woakes 24 38 4 0 63.2
Mohammed Siraj not out 3* 6 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 2) 9
Total 148.2 overs 466

Fall of wickets: 1-83 (KL Rahul, 33.6 ov), 2-236 (RG Sharma, 80.1 ov), 3-237 (CA Pujara, 80.6 ov), 4-296 (RA Jadeja, 101.2 ov), 5-296 (AM Rahane, 103.4 ov), 6-312 (V Kohli, 110.6 ov), 7-412 (SN Thakur, 136.5 ov), 8-414 (RR Pant, 137.3 ov), 9-450 (JJ Bumrah, 145.6 ov), 10-466 (UT Yadav, 148.2 ov)

India · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 33 10 79 1 2.39 0 0
Ollie Robinson 32 7 105 2 3.28 0 1
Chris Woakes 32 8 83 3 2.59 0 1
C Overton 18.2 3 58 1 3.16 0 0
Moeen Ali 26 0 118 2 4.54 0 0
Joe Root 7 1 16 1 2.29 0 0

England · 2nd innings 210 all out (92.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c RR Pant b SN Thakur 50 125 5 0 40.0
H Hameed b RA Jadeja 63 193 6 0 32.6
Dawid Malan run out (sub (MA Agarwal)/RR Pant) 5 33 0 0 15.2
Joe Root b SN Thakur 36 78 3 0 46.2
Ollie Pope b JJ Bumrah 2 11 0 0 18.2
Jonny Bairstow b JJ Bumrah 0 4 0 0 0.0
Moeen Ali c sub (SA Yadav) b RA Jadeja 0 4 0 0 0.0
Chris Woakes c KL Rahul b UT Yadav 18 47 1 0 38.3
C Overton b UT Yadav 10 29 1 0 34.5
Ollie Robinson not out 10* 32 2 0 31.3
James Anderson c RR Pant b UT Yadav 2 5 0 0 40.0
Extras (b 2, lb 5, w 0, nb 7) 14
Total 92.2 overs 210

Fall of wickets: 1-100 (RJ Burns, 40.4 ov), 2-120 (DJ Malan, 53.1 ov), 3-141 (H Hameed, 61.3 ov), 4-146 (OJ Pope, 64.5 ov), 5-146 (JM Bairstow, 66.3 ov), 6-147 (MM Ali, 67.2 ov), 7-182 (JE Root, 80.1 ov), 8-193 (CR Woakes, 84.1 ov), 9-202 (C Overton, 88.5 ov), 10-210 (JM Anderson, 92.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
UT Yadav 18.2 2 60 3 3.27 0 2
JJ Bumrah 22 9 27 2 1.23 0 0
RA Jadeja 30 11 50 2 1.67 0 5
Mohammed Siraj 14 0 44 0 3.14 0 0
SN Thakur 8 1 22 2 2.75 0 0

Player of the match: RG Sharma · Umpires: AG Wharf, RK Illingworth · TV umpire: MA Gough · Match referee: BC Broad. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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