Full l after India beat England six runs for their narrowest win in Oval Test
Smallest wins in Test margin of runs: An emphatic bowling performance Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna led to a horic six-run win for India in the fifth and final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy against England at The Oval in London on Monday. Chasing 374, England were bowled out for 367 as India regered their smallest win run margin, squaring up the five-match Test series 2-2 at the end.
Heading into the final day of the fifth Test on Monday, India needed four wickets to win while England were just 35 runs away from sealing what would have been a morale-boosting series win ahead of the Ashes against arch-rivals Australia. England came all guns blazing with Jamie Overton starting the day with two boundaries off Krishna, reducing the margin to just 27 after the first over.
Right when things started looking bleak for the visitors, workhorse Siraj swindled the momentum back to India with overnight unbeaten batter Jamie Smith’s wicket. He followed this up with Overton’s scalp in his next over trapping him in front. Krishna cleaned up Josh Tongue before Siraj delivered the final nail in the coffin with Gus Atkinson’s wicket to hand India a memorable win.
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Before this six-run win, India’s narrowest win margin of runs came against Australia in 2004, where the Indian team had won the match 13 runs. For England, this was their joint third-lowest defeat in Tests.
Narrowest margin of wins runs in Tests
Winner
Margin
Target
Opposition
Ground
Year
West Indies
1 run
186
v Australia
Adelaide
1993
New Zealand
1 run
258
v England
Wellington
2023
England
2 runs
282
v Australia
Birmingham
2005
Australia
3 runs
124
v England
Manchester
1902
England
3 runs
292
v Australia
Melbourne
1982
New Zealand
4 runs
176
v Pakan
Abu Dhabi
2018
South Africa
5 runs
117
v Australia
Sydney
1994
India*
6 runs
374
v England
London
2025
Australia
6 runs
214
v England
Sydney
1885
Australia
7 runs
85
v England
The Oval
1882
South Africa
7 runs
177
v Sri Lanka
Kandy
2000
New Zealand
7 runs
241
v Australia
Hobart
2011
West Indies
8 runs
216
v Australia
Brisbane
2024
England
10 runs
177
v Australia
Sydney
1894
Lowest win margins runs for India in Tests
India beat England 6 runs – The Oval – 2025
India beat Australia 13 runs – Wankhede – 2004
India beat England 28 runs – Eden Gardens – 1972
India beat Australia 31 runs – Adelaide, 2018
India beat West Indies 37 runs – Port of Spain, 2002
India beat West Indies 49 runs – Kingston, 2006
Lowest defeat margins runs for England in Tests
1 vs NZ, Wellington, 2023
3 vs AUS, Manchester, 1902
6 vs AUS, Sydney, 1885
6 vs IND, The Oval, 2025
