England thrash India by an innings and 76 runs to level the series 1-1
India Second Innings 278 ao off 99.30v Rohit 59 off 1256, 7 fours 1 sox, Pujara 91 off 189, 15 forus, Kohli 55 off 125, 8 fours, Jadeja 0 off 25, 5 fous, 1 six, Robinson 5-65, Overton 3-487, Moeen 1-40, Anderson 1-63.
|England win by an innings and 76 runs.
Joe Root said “ You don’t do that on our own as captain and I ‘m living on my dream captaining England is something I dreamt of doing when I was really small” and he was “proud” to seta new record for the number of Test wins s England captain, and paid tribute to the players that helped him to do it.
England’s Innings defeat of India in the third Test on his home ground of Headingly was Root’s 27th as skipper, going past the 26 of Michael Vaughan.
Root is four matches behind Alistair Cook’s record of leading England in 59 Tests and said he would not put a time limit on how long he will stay in the job.
England’s huge win at Headingiey, wrapped up before lunch on the fourth day, came after they suffered a devastating final-day loss in the second Test at Lord’s.
\England have levelled the five match series at 1-1 with the fourth Test at the Oval beginning on Thursday.