Fifth Test Betting Tips: 3 Selections For England Vs India At The Oval
India's tour to England is the series that keeps on giving.
Ahead of the fifth and final Test at the Oval, the home side lead 2-1 after another gripping Test at Old Trafford.
The best betting sites have England as 5/4 favourites to wrap up a 3-1 series win even without injured skipper Ben Stokes, who has been sidelined with a shoulder injury.
India can be backed at 13/5 to avoid a series defeat, while a second successive draw is priced at 15/8.
England might feel they let the tourists off the hook in Manchester, when India rallied from 0-2 at the start of their second innings to finish the final day on 425-4 and secure the draw.
The Panel have three great value bets from this week's series finale at the Oval.
The Panel's 3 Bets For England Vs India:
- India To Win The Toss - 10/11 With Bet365
- Shubman Gill Over 78.5 Runs - 5/6 With Bet365
- Joe Root Over 83.5 Runs - 5/6 With Bet365
India To End Coin Toss Jinx
On the first day of the Old Trafford Test, India lost the toss for the 14th successive game.
The odds of not winning the toss for as long as they have worked out to be around 16,000/1.
Sooner or later their luck will change and it could be this week at the Oval. Whether he decides to bat first or put England into bat on the first morning, could determine the outcome of the Test.
It's a 50/50 bet that will be done and dusted before the first ball is bowled, but at 10/11 on betting apps, it is worth backing Shubman Gill winning the toss for India.
The Panel Selection 1: India To Win The Toss - 10/11 With Bet365
Gill To End Series On A High
After four enthralling Test matches, Gill has been the standout batter for either team.
His 722 runs is 211 more than his nearest rival KL Rahul and 298 clear of England's leading batter Jamie Smith.
The Indian skipper would love to return home with 1,000 runs in the series, but he needs 278 to become the first player to reach that milestone in a single series.
Australian Don Bradman leads the way with 974 in an Ashes series in England in 1930.
Incredibly, every time Gill has got to 50 in England this summer, he has gone on to convert that into a century, including his mammoth score of 269 at Edgbaston.
This is Gill's first series as captain and he is clearly leading by example.
The Panel Selection 2: Shubman Gill Over 78.5 Runs - 5/6 With Bet365
Root To Close Gap On Tendulkar
Joe Root started the fourth Test fifth in the all-time list of Test runs scored, but finished it second thanks to another phenomenal performance.
Root scored 150 runs at Old Trafford to move to within 2,512 runs of Test cricket's all-time runs leader Sachin Tendulkar, whose name is on the trophy England are hoping to win this week.
Root makes scoring look so easy and he will want to reduce the gap between him and Tendulkar even further with another solid display this week.
The former skipper ended the third and fourth Tests as England's leading batter and the odds on cricket betting sites suggest he'll make keep the scoreboard ticking over at the Oval.
The Panel's Selection 3: Joe Root Over 83.5 Runs - 5/6 With Bet365
The above treble pays out at 11/2 with Bet365.
(Odds correct at time of publish: 12.15pm - 30/7/2025)
