Cricket: India beat England by an innings and 36 runs to win series
India take an unassailable 3-0 lead with a Test match to spare in the five-match series.
India beat England by an innings and 36 runs to win the series. With the victory, India take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Ravichandran Ashwin, with another five-wicket haul, powered India on day five as England were bowled out for 195.
Beginning the day on 182/6, Ashwin bagged all four wickets with fine bowling as the English batsmen failed to read his line or length. In the second innings, he had 12 wickets in the match and figures of 6/55. Earlier, Virat Kolhi’s double hundred powered India to 631 after England posted 400 runs in their first innings. The fifth and final Test will take place in Chennai on December 16.