IND vs ENG 2025: Advantage India as Woakes ruled out of Oval Test, ECB confirms

Team England has dealt with a massive blow to their quest to win the Oval Test against India and seal a 3-1 series win in this Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, with its most-capped player, Chris Woakes, suffering a shoulder injury, which further ruled him out of the ongoing Test against India. Woakes landed awkwardly on his left hand while attempting to save a boundary late on day one, which led to him hurting his left shoulder, so much so that team physio Ben Davies had to help him get off the field. Already looking gloomy, Woakes suffered his worst fate as he got ruled out of the ongoing Test with a dislocated shoulder.

It was during the penultimate ball of the 57th over on day one, when Karun Nair played a straight drive off Jamie Overton to long on, with Woakes, standing at close in mid off, chasing it and trying to save it from going towards the boundary. Although he did his best in doing so, he injured himself in the process.

As he landed on his left shoulder, he screamed in pain. It looked horrible from a distance, and as everyone feared, Woakes got ruled out of playing any part in the ongoing game.

"England seamer Chris Woakes will continue to be monitored throughout the remainder of the Fifth Test at The Oval, following a left shoulder injury sustained on day one of the match against India," an ECB spokesman said. "At this stage, the injury has ruled him out of any further participation in the Test. A further assessment will be conducted at the conclusion of the series."

Woakes, meanwhile, is in a fight to lead England’s attack Down Under later this year. Considering his moderate patch, he still might share the new ball against the mighty Aussies; however, his selection depends on his fitness and wickets column leading into each game.

India all out on 224

The overnight batting pair of Washington Sundar and Karun Nair departed early inside the first half hour on day two, with Josh Tongue accounting for Nair (57) and Gus Atkinson removing Sundar, caught in the deep (26).

They then removed the remaining batters to dismiss India's first innings on 224.

Atkinson, playing his first game this summer, picked up a five-wicket haul.