India take on England for the final Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy at the Kennington Oval. The visitors faced yet another lower-order collapse, providing England with an early advantage in the fifth Test.
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Post ending Day 1 at 204/6, India would have hoped to add some more crucial runs and take the score past 300, but that wasn't the case. When the visitors came out to bat on the second day, it took England just 5.4 overs to end India's innings, as they suffered yet another lower-order collapse in this series.
TSN now takes a look at India's lower-order collapses in the India vs England Test series 2025.
India suffers yet another lower-order collapse
Team India ended their first innings at 224, losing the final four wickets for just 6 runs. India were at 218/6 when Josh Tongue got the better of Karun Nair with a wonderful inswinger that got the batter trapped right in front of the stumps.
Washington Sundar, Mohammad Siraj, and Prasidh Krishna soon followed Nair, being dismissed by Gus Atkinson, as he ended with a five-wicket haul (5/33) in his comeback Test for England
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This was not the first instance in this series that India suffered a collapse. The visitors have faced similar situations in the first four games as well, wherein they lost a probable advantageous position in the game.
India's batting collapses: India vs England Tests 2025
| Match | Score | Collapse | Final score |
| 1st Test, Headingley (1st innings) | 430/3 | 41/7 | 471/10 |
| 1st Test, Headingley (2nd innings) | 333/4 | 31/6 | 364/10 |
| 2nd Test, Edgbaston (1st innings) | 558/6 | 29/4 | 587/10 |
| 3rd Test, Lord's (1st innings) | 326/5 | 61/5 | 387/10 |
| 4th Test, Manchester (1st innings) | 314/5 | 44/5 | 358/10 |
| 5th Test, The Oval (1st innings) | 218/6 | 6/4 | 224/10 |
India's lower-order woes have been something that has often troubled the side. It is one such area that the team would surely want to get better at.