India win the Test match by an innings and 25 runs, and series 3-1
International Test Match Series England vs India at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
England won the toss and elected to bat
England 205 ao off 75.5ov Stokes 55 off 121, 6 fours, 2 sixes, Bairstow 28 off 67, 6 fours, Pope 29 off 87, 2 fours, Lawrence 46 off 74, 8 fours, A Patel 4-68, R Ashwin 3-47, Siraj 2-45, Sundar 1-14.
India 365 ao off 114.4 ov, Pant 101 off 118, 13 fours, 2 sixes, Sundar 96 no off 174, 10 fours, 1 six, A Patel 43 off 97, 5 fours, 1 six, Rohit Sharma 49 off 144, 7 fours, 1 four, Sundar 57 off 104, 8 fours, Anderson 3-44, Stokes 4-89, Leach 2-89.
England second Innings 135 ao off 52.5 ov Root 30 off 72, 3 fours, Lawrence 50 off 95, 6 fours, Pope 15 off 31, 1four, A Patel 5-48, R Ashwin 5-47.
India wins by an innings and 25 runs.
England’s loss in the third Test was their first two-first defeat since 1921.
England 135 all out in the second innings, 30th five-wicket haul for Ravichandran Ashwin as he snaps Leach and Lawerence, as India seals a ticket to Lord’s in June 2021.
Virat Koli bagged the 27th duck in his career and dismissed for the second time in the series for the duck. Rohit Sharma became the fastest Asian opener to reach 1000 Test runs while joint-third overall.
Axar to Bess caught the under-edge and grabbed by Pant. England 112/8. England trail India by 38 runs with 2 wickets remaining.
Foakes hit out at Axar and chips one outside off, which steams low past Pant and a reflex low catch by Rahane.
England recovers from a mini-collapse 65/6 to 106/6. England trail India by 54 runs with 4 wickets remaining.
A valiant partnership between Lawrence and Foakes takes England past 100, as the pair adds 40 runs and looks well settled against Indian spinners.
Ashwin comes round the wicket to trap skipper Root in front, as the ball runs through the line without much spin as Root moves back and plays for the turn and misses it altogether.
Pope sets out an Axar delivery which beats him with a steep bounce and Pant manages to hold onto the ball and smash the stumps in a flash.
Stokes attempts to get off strike with a tame lap shot off Axar and succeeds in chipping off to Kohli at leg slip.
Sibley makes a full-bloodied sweep of an Axar delivery which Gill cops and lobs in the air directly off Gill and Pant completes the catch as England slips further down the abyss.
Ashwin revels in his first over with the new ball as a simple drift finds Crawley’s outside edge straight to Rahane, then Bairstow comes in and slides the ball to his pads straight to Rohit at leg-slip, England 11/2.
Earlier Sundar brings up 300 for India with a spectacular six down the ground as India’s lead crosses 100 and brings a 50-run partnership by India’s left-handed pair. Sundar and Axar have knocked the air out of England’s bowlers with a methodical approach. Root to Sundar who nudges the ball from his pads onto Bairstow at short mid-wicket by which time Axar has set out for the single and quick throw forces Axar to run back as Root knocks the bails. Axar who is out at 43, misses out on a half-century. India’s lead climb to 160. Stokes bowls a fuller delivery to Ishant as he shuffles towards the off-stump and misses it. Siraj had only task up his sleeve to see off the over. But Stoke came round the wicket with a slower delivery that flounders Siraj. Sundar is being denied a century as he is left out of his partner and is 96 not out. India 365 all out a lead of 160.