India crush England by an innings to seal Test series 4-1
AFP, Dharamsala
Published: 10 Mar 2024, 12:19 AM
Ravichandran Ashwin took a five-wicket haul in his landmark 100th Test as India hammered England by an innings and 64 runs in the fifth match to seal the series 4-1 on Saturday.
England's James Anderson reached 700 Test wickets early in the day to be just the third bowler to achieve the feat, but the tourists were never in the game. Off-spinner Ashwin returned figures of 5-77 to help bowl out England for 195 inside three days at the picturesque Dharamsala stadium, overlooked by snowcapped Himalayan mountains, after India posted a mammoth 477.
He rocked England's top and middle-order after the tourists began their innings 259 runs behind and lost five wickets for 103 runs by lunch.
Joe Root resisted with his 84 and was the last man to go. He was dismissed by Yadav, who took seven wickets in the match and scored 30 crucial runs to be named man of the match.