It was  who guided India and made 400-plus target look attainable with his famous double century. After England won the first Test match by an innings and 83 runs, the next two games ended in a draw and now India needed to win the final Test in Oval to prevent the series loss. However, things didn't go well for India in the starting as the hosts England took a lead of 103 runs in the first innings. Graham Gooch was the top scorer with 79(205), while Ian Botham shone with the ball taking four scalps. Coming to bat in the second innings, Geoff Boycott came up with 125 runs off 293 balls as England declared on 334/8 giving India a mammoth target of 438 runs. However, the visitors got a great start as Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan put up a partnership of 213 runs before the loss of the first wicket. Chauhan got out after scoring 80(263) runs hitting seven boundaries. After that, Dilip Vengsarkar came up with a well-made 52(139) runs.