Pant added crucial first innings runs for the team despite batting with a fractured foot after missing a reverse sweep off Chris Woakes on day one.
Asked whether Gambhir gave a pep talk to the players after day four and made a reference to his match-saving 137 in Napier back in 2009, Gambhir responded in the negative.
With England leading the series 2-1 after a draw in Manchester, India must win at The Oval to level the five-match contest.
Gambhir wants his players to make their own history rather than follow anyone from the past including himself.
Manjrekar didn't mince words when he said that the former southpaw hasn't strategically been on point in the red-ball format.
With Rishabh Pant ruled out, N. Jagadeesan has been named as his replacement for the final Test of the series.
Gautam Gambhir said that no decision has been taken regarding Jasprit Bumrah's availability for the 5th Test yet and will be taken in the next days.
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As per the schedule, arch-rivals India and Pakistan are clubbed in Group A and are set to face off at the Dubai International Stadium on September 14.
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Both Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar waited to complete their hundreds before shaking hands with England skipper Ben Stokes to settle for a draw in Manchester.
Stokes' handshake was swiftly rejected by the Indian duo, who seem intent on reaching their individual milestones, with Jadeja on the brink of a century and Sundar steadily closing in on his.
Jadeja and Sundar reached their fifties as well just before tea with Jadeja unleashing the sword in Manchester as well.
On Day 5, India currently stands at 287/4, still trailing England by 24 runs after Shubman Gill's stellar fourth century of the series was cut short before lunch
Kerala players were rewarded for their excellent run till the Ranji Trophy final as four players from the state found place in the 16-member squad
Virat Kohli too had scored 4 hundreds during the 2014/15 Australia tour and Gill has got his name among the elites of world cricket.
With Jadeja and Sundar at the crease, England look more and more into the game and will go hard at the batters post lunch.
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Gill is also just 77 runs away from Sunil Gavaskar's all-time highest runs scored by an Indian player in a Test series record
Half-centuries to Cameron Green and Josh Inglis led Australia to a three-wicket win over West Indies and extended its lead to 4-0 in a five-match Twenty20 international series.