A roller-coaster of a test cricket series between England and India will go the wire. India salvaged an against-the-odds draw in the fourth test with a show of grit and sheer defiance on Sunday, and kept alive its hopes of tying the five-match series.

England travel to the Oval with the series still on the line after a draw at Old Trafford. Our cricket experts pick the XI they would like to see take on India in the fifth Test.

England and India head to the Oval for the decisive fifth and final Test of a hard-fought campaign on Thursday, with both teams battling mental and physical fatigue.