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WTC Final 2023: India Test Record At The Oval Ahead Of Australia Showdown

As Team India prepare to take on Australia at The Oval in London from Wednesday (June 7), Rohit Sharma led side will look emulate the recent result at the venue when they take on the Pat Cummins' side in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) Final 2023.

India registered a 157-run victory over hosts England in their last outing at the Oval, where they have won only one other match in a total of 14 Tests at the venue. India has suffered 5 defeats and drawn 7 Tests since their first match at the venue way back in 1936.

Rohit Sharma smashed a hundred in Indias last outing at The Oval

Several Indian players, including current head coach Rahul Dravid, have had memorable knocks at the venue, but most of those innings have been in drawn Tests or a losing cause. Only Rohit's hundred last time out was in a winning cause.

Dravid also leads the charts when it comes to most runs by an Indian batter at the venue and also has the most hundreds by an Indian. Recently even, Rishabh Pant and KL Rahul had struck centuries at the venue. But Team India will miss the duo in the WTC final due to injury.

Shardul Thakur also happy memory from the venue, having contributed both with bat and ball in India's last outing at the Kenning Oval, where his fifty in both the innings were crucial alongside Rohit's hundred.

Ravindra Jadeja tops the charts for most wickets at The Oval by an Indian followed by the legendary Kapil Dev, while there are four bowlers that have claimed five-wicket hauls in an innings at the venue. Here is a look at India Test record at the Oval in Kennington:

India Test Record At The Oval

Matches: 14

Won: 2

Lost: 5

Drawn: 7

Won Batting 1st: 1

Won Batting 2nd: 1

Highest Total: 664 All Out (1st Innings) vs England in 2007

Lowest Total: 94 All Out (3rd Innings) vs England in 2014

Most Runs: Rahul Dravid - 443 runs in 5 innings

Highest Score: Sunil Gavaskar - 221 off 443 balls vs England in 1979

Most Fifties: GR Viswanath & Sachin Tendulkar - 3 fifties

Most Hundreds: Rahul Dravid - 2 hundreds

Most Double Hundreds: Rahul Dravid & Sunil Gavaskar - 1 double hundred each

Most Wickets: Ravindra Jadeja - 11 wickets in 4 innings

Best Bowling Innings: BS Chandrasekhar - 6 for 38 in 18.1 overs vs England in 1971

Best Bowling Match: BS Chandrasekhar - 8 for 114 in 42.1 overs vs England in 1971

Most Five-Wicket Innings: BS Chandrasekhar, Mohammed Nissar, Surendra Nath, Harbhajan Singh - 1 five-wicket haul each

Most Ten-Wicket Matches: None

Story first published: Sunday, June 4, 2023, 12:02 [IST]
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