A ruthless India on Monday completed formalities by routing England in the fourth cricket Test by a whopping innings and 36 runs margin to clinch the five-match Test series by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead.
Spin wizard Ravichandran Ashwin blew away the lower order with another superb effort of 6 for 55 as England were bundled out for 195 in 55.3 overs with just eight overs being required on the final day. Merely 34 minutes of play was required on the final morning to complete the rituals.
This is the first time in India that a visiting team has lost a Test match after scoring 400 runs in their first innings.
This is also the fifth successive series win under Virat Kohli having started the juggernaut last year in Sri lanka (away) followed by South Africa (home), West Indies (away), New Zealand (home) and now England. The series win also meant that India regained the Anthony de Mello Trophy having lost it to Alastair Cook’s men in 2012.
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