As an intensely competitive tour over three formats comes to an end, here are the moments that defined India’s tour of England in 2018.
10 – Rohit Sharma’s series-clinching 100
Few people have served the England team with such distinction as Alastair Cook and even fewer have the opportunity to bow out in such brilliant fashion. With the series already won, the build-up to the last Test at the Oval was all about Cook and the Test itself became a celebration of the achievements of England’s greatest run-scorer. He raised fans’ hopes of a farewell century in the first innings but was unlucky to play onto a ball from Jasprit Bumrah. In the second innings, though, England fans were treated to a vintage Cook innings where he exhibited his monstrous powers of concentration and his array of shots that helped him to more than 12,000 Test runs. It is unlikely that the Oval has ever seen or ever will see an ovation as great as the one they gave the opener when he reached his hundred on the penultimate day of the series. It truly was a dream send-off.
