Akash Deep Scores Historic 66 as Nightwatchman at The Oval

Akash Deep Scores Historic 66: Akash Deep stunned England with a gritty 66 as a nightwatchman at The Oval in the 5th Test. He joins Mishra in India’s elite nightwatchman list. Night watchman Akash Deep wreaked havoc at The Oval, doing this feat for the first time in his Test career. When the Indian team lost 2 wickets in the second innings in the 5th Test being played at The Oval, nightwatchman Akashdeep was sent to the field to save the wickets. Akash did not let any wicket fall till stumps on the second day. At the beginning of the third day, Akash Deep made it clear by hitting fours that he had come to play a long innings. Akash, who scored 4 runs till stumps on the second day, scored a half-century on the third day.

Akash Deep took 70 balls for his half-century. He hit the first fifty of his Test career with a four. Akash also hit 9 fours in this innings. Akash Deep has become the second nightwatchman to score a half-century in Tests after 2000. In 2011, Amit Mishra (84 runs) scored a half-century at the same place. Mishra has scored 2 half-centuries as a night watchman.

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Highest scores by a night watchman for India

Amit Mishra: 84 vs England, 2011

Akash Deep: 66 vs England, 2025

Amit Mishra: 50 vs Bangladesh, 2010

Indian fast bowlers to score a half-century and take ten wickets in the same Test series: Akash Deep Scores Historic 66

Kapil Dev vs Pakistan: In India
Kapil Dev vs West Indies: In India
Irfan Pathan vs Zimbabwe: In Zimbabwe
Akashdeep vs England: In the same series

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Akashdeep missed out on a century. He batted at a strike rate of 70.21 and scored 66 runs off 94 balls. In his innings, he also hit 12 fours. Akashdeep was caught by Atkinson off Jamie Overton. With this wicket, England got some relief. There was a partnership of 107 runs between Akash and Yashasvi.