The England legend Joe Root has been a generational threat to the Indian team since MS Dhoni's era, and the Indian bowling coach Morne Morkel did not shy away from accepting that. India is hanging on a thin edge of almost losing the fifth Test match too, mostly on Joe Root and Harry Brook's century. After the day's play at The Oval, Morkel accepted the fact that Root was the constant fear in the Indian camp. Root was dismissed while trying to casually swing the bat, but got a thick outside edge. Dhruv Jurel, the keeper, did a commendable job, dived quickly, and grabbed the ball. Root left, scoring 103 runs, almost finishing the hope for India. Still, Morkel feels happy with the way India got rid of him. Addressing the media, Morkel said, "Oh, I was very happy, very happy. You know, Joe’s given me many sleepless nights, or us sleepless nights, and obviously, again, just showed his class today. Yeah, so very happy when we got the back of him." Read also: "He is a really nice lad": Jo Root praises Md Siraj behind the angry mask India's planning blunders cost the match India's strategy in the final Test backfired as The Oval’s spin-unfriendly pitch exposed the decision to play two spin all-rounders. This increased the burden on the pacers—Siraj, Akash Deep, and Prasidh—forcing constant rotation. Morkel admitted the management aimed for extra runs but will review the approach post-series. Morkel said, “To be honest with you, that was part of the conversation before every selection so far, you know. We just felt leading into the test match, if you look at the wicket and sort of the overhead conditions for the first three days, they felt that going with the extra batter was going to be important." Morkel added, "I think in the last two test matches, our fourth seamer didn’t really bowl that much because Washi and Jadeja also could hold up an end and bowl some overs. And, yeah, they just thought, OK, having that little extra runs on the board, that was more important. Yeah, 100 per cent. That’s a good question, and I think that’s something we’ll obviously reflect on after the tour, the things we could have done better." The final day is finely poised as rain halted play early on Day 4. England stands at 339/6, needing 35 runs for a 3-1 win, while India needs 4 wickets to level the series.