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India vs England 5th Test, Day 4: Rahul, Rahane rebuild from 2/3 after Cook's fairystyle farewell- as it happened

Here are the updates of the fifth test between India and England at Kia Oval.

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  • Sep 10, 2018, 04:04 PM IST

India were 58/3 in their second innings at the close of play on day four of the fifth and final test match against England at The Oval.

They still trail England by 405 runs after the hosts set them a target of 464 runs on Monday.

India lost three wickets - Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli - for just two runs at the start. KL Rahul (46) and Ajinkya Rahane (10) were at the crease.

Earlier, England declared their second innings at 423/8 after Alastair Cook and Joe Root scored centuries on Monday.

Cook, playing his final match, hit his 33rd Test century in his last innings. Cook and Root took England's lead past 350 runs before both fell in consecutive balls to Hanuma Vihari.

Alastair Cook ended his final innings at 147 while Root scored 125. 

Cook became only the fifth player to score a century on both his debut and farewell with his hundred. This is Cook’s 161st Test match. In 2006, at the age of 21, he made a century on debut against India in Nagpur. 

Alastair Cook is also now the most successful left-handed batsman in the history of Test cricket. Cook went past Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 12,400 runs on Monday during his final innings. England’s all-time leading run-getter is now the fifth highest run scorer in Test cricket. 

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On Sunday, a superb unbeaten 86 by Ravindra Jadeja and a debut half century by Hanuma Vihari put India back in contention  Having begun the day in a hole on 174-6 in reply to England's first-innings 332, India were eventually all out for 292 having clawed to within 40 of parity.

1. Cook on point

Cook on point
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Cook, England's record test-run scorer, had walked out in the sunshine to a loud and prolonged standing ovation on Sunday as he prepared to bring down the curtain on his 12-year test career. He was 46 not out at the end of the day (Image: Reuters)

2. Cook completes fifty

Cook completes fifty
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Alastair Cook soon completed his fifty on Monday and looked well on course to a hundred in his final test (Image: Reuters)

3. Joe Rooted

Joe Rooted
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Joe Root also looked in good touch at the other end as India failed to find early wicktes (Image: Reuters)

4. Cook completes century

Cook completes century
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Cook soon completed his 33rd century. He become only the fifth player to score a century in both his debut and last Test match. (Image: PTI)

5. Cook enters all-time top 5

Cook enters all-time top 5
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Alastair Cook is now the most successful left-handed batsman in the history of Test cricket. Cook went past Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 12,400 runs to become the fifth highest run scorer in Tests. (Image: Reuters)

6. Joe Root joins the celebrations

Joe Root joins the celebrations
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England captain Joe Root too completed his century after lunch (Image: Reuters)

7. Cook departs for 147

Cook departs for 147
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Alastair Cook finally fell for 147. He was caught behind off the bowling of Hanuma Vihari who had got rid of Joe Root (125) just a ball ago (Image: Reuters)

8. RESPECT

RESPECT
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The Oval rose in ovation for Alastair Cook while Indian players shook hands with the England legend (Image: Reuters)

9. What a career

What a career
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Alastair Cook ended his career with 12,472 runs in 161 matches and 291 innings with an average of 45.35 and 33 centuries.

10. India fight back

India fight back
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India then got the wickets of Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler after England went past 350 (Image: Reuters)

11. Stokes, Curran extend lead

Stokes, Curran extend lead
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Ben Stokes and Sam Curran added 41 runs for the 7th wicket to take England to 397 (Image: Reuters)

 

12. England declare at 423/8

England declare at 423/8
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England finally declared for 423/8 leaving India with a 464-run target to win the match (Image: Reuters) 

13. India 1/1 as Dhawan departs

India 1/1 as Dhawan departs
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India were given a early jolt as James Anderson removed Shikhar Dhawan (Image: Reuters) 

14. India 1/2 as Pujara is out

India 1/2 as Pujara is out
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James Anderson then removed Cheteshwar Pujara in the same over (Image: Reuters) 

15. India 2/3 as Kohli walks back

India 2/3 as Kohli walks back
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Virat Kohli's England tour ended with a ''Golden Duck" as he fell to Stuart Broad (Image: Reuters) 

16. India reach 58/3

India reach 58/3
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KL Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane then ensured that India did not lose any more wickets taking them to 58/3 at the end of day's play (Image: Reuters)

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