Shami and fellow senior pacer Ishant Sharma were rested from the Oval Test that India won by 157 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series as the duo was nursing niggles.
The wicket at The Oval aided the pacers early on before becoming a batting beauty. On day five, Indian bowlers still managed to get enough out of it for a famous win.
The Indian team is 2-1 ahead in the five-match series, having won the second and fourth Tests at Lords and the Oval by 151 and 157 runs respectively.
The fifth Test between England and India starts at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester from September 10. India lead the five-match Test series 2-1.
The Indian team is currently playing a five-Test series against England with the last match slated to start September 10.
Virat Kohli had a huge hand in India's thrilling comeback win over England on the final day of the fourth Test at The Oval, says Inzamam-Ul-Haq.
Shane Warne heaped praise on Indian captain Virat Kohli, following the side's emphatic 157-run win over England at the Oval.
India's victory at The Oval on Monday was only their ninth Test win in England.
Over the past few days, in the lead-up to the fourth Test at The Oval, Shastri had attended functions, including the one in which his book was launched. Kohli was also present at the book launch.
While the 27-year-old Bumrah claimed his 100th scalp in his 24th Test that ended with an Indian win on Monday, Kapil took his 100th wicket in his 25th Test in 1980 against Pakistan when he was 21.
The final Test of the five-Test series will be played at the Emirates Old Trafford on Friday.
India registered a thumping 157-run victory over the hosts to win their first match at the ground in 50 years.
India went on to make 466 in their second effort to set England a stiff 368-run target and scripted a sensational 157-run victory on the back of their stupendous attack.
As India continued to persist with the four seamers and a specialist spinner strategy for the fourth Test against England, skipper Virat Kohli had been subjected to sharp criticism by fans for backing Ravindra Jadeja and not selecting Ashwin in the playing XI.
Vaughan feels that England lacked a pace bowler of the calibre of Jasprit Bumrah and the home team's woes were compounded by an extremely ordinary fielding display.
England captain Joe Root has admitted that his team's humiliation in the fourth Test by India is 'hard to take'.
Unless any points are deducted, India will earn 26 points and a percentage of points (PCT) of 58.33 per cent. Next in the table are Pakistan and the West Indies, both with 12 points and a PCT of 50 per cent each.
India pulled off the fourth-Test win against the hosts on Monday evening -- only their second-ever at The Oval and first at the venue after 1971 -- to take an unassailable 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Joe Root he home captain vowed to make a strong comeback at the Old Trafford in the final Test, starting September 10.
Shardul hit two half-centuries (57 and 60) as he helped his team in both innings, not only with the bat but also with the ball.
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