England v India: India triumph in classic at The Oval
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Jonathan Agnew presents reaction from India’s thrilling final day victory over England, as a pulsating series finishes in a 2-2 draw.
He’s joined by Michael Vaughan, Sir Alastair Cook, and Deep Dasgupta to look back on where India won the Test, and where this series leaves each side.
We hear from captains Ben Stokes and Shubman Gill, as well as Mohammed Siraj and Harry Brook.
England’s next Test series will be the Ashes, and Australian opener David Warner gives his views on the series.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Jonathan Agnew and welcome to the TestMat Special podcast after the most dramatic climax to a brilliant series. |
| 0:16.9 | Siraj moves in, bowls to Atkins. |
| 0:19.5 | So he's bowling. |
| 0:20.7 | He's off, stubs out of the ground. |
| 0:22.6 | And India have won. |
| 0:25.6 | One of the great test matches. |
| 0:28.6 | At the end of one of the great test series, they've won by six runs. |
| 0:33.6 | To come, we'll hear from India's triumphant captain Shubman Gill, |
| 0:36.6 | the England captain and coach, Ben Stokes and Brendan McCullum, and Harry Brooke. We'll get analysis from Michael Vaughn, Alastair, Deep Das Kukta and Andy Zaltzman, and we'll also hear from David Warner on the ashes ahead and playing in the 100. |
| 0:50.0 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
| 0:55.1 | Here we are, and wild celebrations amongst the Indian supporters. |
| 1:00.9 | We've been setting the scene since first thing this morning. |
| 1:03.5 | Full House on the last day of this series. |
| 1:06.3 | And what a finale, too. |
| 1:07.9 | Absolute gripping tension. |
| 1:10.1 | All the way through it i can see marmad's |
| 1:12.2 | syrage there he's got a stump he's got a ball he's just enormous smiles breaking out on all |
| 1:18.9 | of the faces of the indian players just in front of me here we will get a chat i'm sure with |
| 1:22.2 | schubman gill in a moment he's been he's been great at turning up actually all the way through this series |
| 1:29.8 | and we're going to be just to bring you whatever reaction we can from down here from the England camp |
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