Gautam Gambhir, Shubman Gill has broken the ICC threat of doking WTC points at Oval: 'We play to win ...'

Team India got their slimiest victory in a Test match during the last match of the Anderson trophy at the Oval, as the young team defeated the hosts by just 6 runs. Although there were many uphill and downhill, a new report revealed that the team management was also warned on the last day of the match about the sluggish rate of their team. Day 5 of the game in the day, India needed 4 wickets and had 35 runs in the bank. With the conditions that the faster bowlers still support, India did not discount the possibility of a win, while England also hoped to win the collision. However, the Indian team had to deal with another problem on the last day, as referee Jeff Crowe sent a message to the Indian camp that they were six overs behind the required tariff at the beginning of the game on day 5, according to a report in Dainik Jagran. India lost four important points for the World Test Championship (WTC) if they did not fix the bowling figure, making a difficult decision for coach Gautam Gambhir and captain Shubman Gill to focus on wickets and win the match or to correct the bowling rate. Indian team management, including Gill, Gambhir, assistant coach Sitanshu Kotak and other staff, has reportedly discussed to make a tactical switch, with one of the proposals to bring in turners Ravinda Jadeja and Washington Sundar from both sides to increase the too much pace. However, with Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton, they settled on the fold, the launch of spinners could also have spelled problems for the Indian team as the two English fighters could take the match away. Gautam Gambhir takes a daring call: Indian coach Gambhir then decided to take a daring call not to care about the too much rate and continue to get the remaining wickets. “I don’t care about the too much rate,” Gambhir said. “If we lose four points, so be it. We play to win, ‘he added. Gambhir was supported by Captain Gill, who suggested Mohammed Siraj and Prasidh Krishna from both sides at the beginning of the game to attack the stumps and win the match. India’s strategy performed well when Siraj took three important scalps, while Krishna also picked up a wicket to end the proceedings for England and achieve a famous victory for the visitors. Despite the warning by the ICC official, India avoided the penalty because of the result of the match, while England were fined two WTC points due to the slow rate.