Sachin Tendulkar made his highest score of the series and closed in on an unprecedented 100th international hundred as India fought hard to deny England a 4-0 whitewash on the final day of the fourth Test at The Oval here on Monday.

India, following-on, didn't lose a wicket in the whole of Monday's first session and at lunch on the fifth day they were 216 for three -- just 75 runs short of making England bat again.