During the tense fourth day of the fifth Test, India's captain Shubman Gill was overheard on the stump mic urging the injured Akash Deep to return to bowling. This occurred as England's Joe Root and Harry Brook formed a formidable partnership,

Akash Deep might not have been able to do much damage with the ball but the India pacer made sure he contribute to the team's cause with the bat as the 27-year-old frustrated the England bowlers with his maiden fifty in the ongoing fifth Test at The Oval on Saturday.