IND vs ENG 4th Test Day 3 highlights: India wins by an innings and 25 runs
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India trounced England by an innings and 25 runs on the third day of the fourth and final Test to complete a 3-1 series victory at Narendra Modi Stadium, popularly known as Motera Stadium, in Ahmedeabad on Saturday. With series win India secured its place in the ICC World Test Championships final against New Zealand.
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Resuming the day at 294 for seven in reply to England's first innings total of 205, the hosts put on board 365 for a big 160-run lead.
Washington Sundar stayed unbeaten on 96 while Axar Patel scored 43.
For England, the script did not change much as their batsmen yet again found it tough to negotiate the challenge posed by the Indian spinners.
Dan Lawrence (50) though showed the required temperament to counter the spinners. Once their 44-run stand was broken, India did not take long to wrap up the match and the series.
Left-arm spinner Patel (5/48) and Ravichandran Ashwin (5/47) shared all the England wickets between them.
The two team will now play a five-match T20 series, starting March 12 at the same venue.
Position | Teams | PCT(%) | Points | Series Won | Won | Lost | Drawn |
1 | India | 72.2 | 520 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
2 | New Zealand | 70 | 480 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
3 | Australia | 69.2 | 390 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 |
4 | England | 61.4 | 480 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 |
5 | Pakistan | 43.3 | 420 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
6 | South Africa | 30 | 240 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
7 | West Indies | 23.8 | 360 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
8 | Sri Lanka | 16.7 | 240 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
9 | Bangladesh | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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India vs England 2021 Test series: Top 10 batsmen
Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
Joe Root (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 368 | 218 | 46 | 676 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
Rohit Sharma (INDIA) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 345 | 161 | 57.5 | 595 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
Rishabh Pant (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 270 | 101 | 54 | 321 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 |
Ben Stokes (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 203 | 82 | 25.4 | 403 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
R Ashwin (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 189 | 106 | 31.5 | 368 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
Washington Sundar (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 181 | 96* | 90.5 | 329 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 |
Virat Kohli (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 72 | 28.7 | 372 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
Ollie Pope (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 34 | 19.1 | 343 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Daniel Lawrence (ENG) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 50 | 24.8 | 326 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
Dominic Sibley (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 87 | 16.8 | 434 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
IND vs ENG Test series 2021: Top 10 bowlers
Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
R Ashwin (INDIA) | 4 | 8 | 188 | 33 | 471 | 32 | 6 for 61 | 9 for 207 | 15 | 2.5 | 35.2 | 3 | 0 |
Axar Patel (INDIA) | 3 | 6 | 127 | 27 | 286 | 27 | 6 for 38 | 11 for 70 | 11 | 2.2 | 28.3 | 4 | 1 |
Jack Leach (ENG) | 4 | 7 | 161 | 26 | 517 | 18 | 4 for 54 | 6 for 178 | 29 | 3.2 | 53.6 | 0 | 0 |
James Anderson (ENG) | 3 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 127 | 8 | 3 for 17 | 5 for 63 | 16 | 1.9 | 49.3 | 0 | 0 |
MM Ali (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 61 | 10 | 226 | 8 | 4 for 98 | 8 for 226 | 28 | 3.7 | 45.7 | 0 | 0 |
JE Root (ENG) | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 141 | 6 | 5 for 8 | 5 for 33 | 24 | 3.1 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Ishant Sharma (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 59 | 15 | 160 | 6 | 2 for 22 | 3 for 76 | 27 | 2.7 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Stokes (ENG) | 4 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 153 | 5 | 4 for 89 | 4 for 89 | 31 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Bess (ENG) | 2 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 197 | 5 | 4 for 76 | 5 for 126 | 39 | 3.9 | 61.2 | 0 | 0 |
Olly Stone (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 3 for 47 | 4 for 68 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
England 2nd innings scorecard
Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
Zak Crawley | c Rahane b Ashwin | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Sibley | c Pant b Axar | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Jonny Bairstow | c Rohit b Ashwin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Root | lbw b Ashwin | 30 | 72 | 3 | 0 |
Ben Stokes | c Kohli b Axar | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Ollie Pope | st Pant b Axar | 15 | 31 | 0 | 1 |
Daniel Lawrence | b Ashwin | 50 | 95 | 6 | 0 |
Ben Foakes | c Rahane b Axar | 13 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Bess | c Pant b Axar | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Leach | c Rahane b Ashwin | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
James Anderson | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total: 135-10 in 54.5 Overs
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Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
Mohammed Siraj | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Axar Patel | 24 | 6 | 48 | 5 | |
R Ashwin | 22.5 | 4 | 47 | 5 | |
Washington Sundar | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
India 1st innings scorecard
Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
Shubman Gill | lbw b Anderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Rohit Sharma | lbw b Stokes | 49 | 144 | 7 | 0 |
Cheteshwar Pujara | lbw b Leach | 17 | 66 | 1 | 0 |
Virat Kohli | c Foakes b Stokes | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Ajinkya Rahane | c Stokes b Andeson | 27 | 45 | 4 | 0 |
Rishabh Pant | c Root b Anderson | 101 | 118 | 13 | 2 |
R Ashwin | c Pope b Leach | 13 | 32 | 2 | 0 |
Washington Sundar | not out | 96 | 174 | 10 | 1 |
Axar Patel | runout (Bairstow/Root) | 43 | 97 | 5 | 1 |
Ishant Sharma | lbw b Stokes | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Mohammed Siraj | b Stokes | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total: 365-10 in 114.4 Overs
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Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
James Anderson | 25 | 14 | 44 | 3 | |
Ben Stokes | 27.4 | 6 | 59 | 4 | |
Jack Leach | 27 | 5 | 89 | 2 | |
Dominic Bess | 17 | 1 | 71 | 0 | |
Joe Root | 18 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
England 2nd innings scorecard
Batsman | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Fours | Sixes |
Zak Crawley | c Siraj b Axar | 9 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
Dominic Sibley | b Axar | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Jonny Bairstow | lbw b Siraj | 28 | 67 | 6 | 0 |
Joe Root | lbw b Siraj | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Ben Stokes | lbw b Sundar | 55 | 121 | 6 | 2 |
Ollie Pope | c Gill b Ashwin | 29 | 87 | 2 | 0 |
Daniel Lawrence | st Pant b Axar | 46 | 74 | 8 | 0 |
Ben Foakes | c Rahane b Ashwin | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Bess | lbw b Axar | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Jack Leach | lbw b Ashwin | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
James Anderson | not out | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Total: 205-10 in 75.5 Overs
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Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | |
Ishant Sharma | 9 | 2 | 19 | 0 | |
Mohammed Siraj | 14 | 2 | 45 |
IND vs ENG Test series 2021: Top 10 bowlers
Player | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 5 | 10 |
R Ashwin (INDIA) | 4 | 8 | 188 | 33 | 471 | 32 | 6 for 61 | 9 for 207 | 15 | 2.5 | 35.2 | 3 | 0 |
Axar Patel (INDIA) | 3 | 6 | 127 | 27 | 286 | 27 | 6 for 38 | 11 for 70 | 11 | 2.2 | 28.3 | 4 | 1 |
Jack Leach (ENG) | 4 | 7 | 161 | 26 | 517 | 18 | 4 for 54 | 6 for 178 | 29 | 3.2 | 53.6 | 0 | 0 |
James Anderson (ENG) | 3 | 4 | 66 | 31 | 127 | 8 | 3 for 17 | 5 for 63 | 16 | 1.9 | 49.3 | 0 | 0 |
MM Ali (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 61 | 10 | 226 | 8 | 4 for 98 | 8 for 226 | 28 | 3.7 | 45.7 | 0 | 0 |
JE Root (ENG) | 4 | 6 | 45 | 7 | 141 | 6 | 5 for 8 | 5 for 33 | 24 | 3.1 | 45 | 1 | 0 |
Ishant Sharma (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 59 | 15 | 160 | 6 | 2 for 22 | 3 for 76 | 27 | 2.7 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Stokes (ENG) | 4 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 153 | 5 | 4 for 89 | 4 for 89 | 31 | 3.6 | 51.2 | 0 | 0 |
Dominic Bess (ENG) | 2 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 197 | 5 | 4 for 76 | 5 for 126 | 39 | 3.9 | 61.2 | 0 | 0 |
Olly Stone (ENG) | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 68 | 4 | 3 for 47 | 4 for 68 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 0 |
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India vs England 2021 Test series: Top 10 batsmen
Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
Joe Root (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 368 | 218 | 46 | 676 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
Rohit Sharma (INDIA) | 4 | 7 | 1 | 345 | 161 | 57.5 | 595 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
Rishabh Pant (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 270 | 101 | 54 | 321 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 10 |
Ben Stokes (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 203 | 82 | 25.4 | 403 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
R Ashwin (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 189 | 106 | 31.5 | 368 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
Washington Sundar (INDIA) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 181 | 96* | 90.5 | 329 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 3 |
Virat Kohli (INDIA) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 172 | 72 | 28.7 | 372 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
Ollie Pope (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 153 | 34 | 19.1 | 343 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Daniel Lawrence (ENG) | 3 | 6 | 0 | 149 | 50 | 24.8 | 326 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
Dominic Sibley (ENG) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 134 | 87 | 16.8 | 434 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
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Winning captain: Virat Kohli
Man of the series: R Ashwin
Man of the match: Rishabh Pant
Here's what Joe Root said after the match
India vs England 4th Test highlights: India wins series 3-1, qualifies for WTC final
- India: 300 runs in 97.1 overs (586 balls), Extras 16
- 8th Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (Washington Sundar 30, Axar Patel 16, Ex 4)
- Drinks: India - 344/7 in 108.0 overs (Washington Sundar 86, Axar Patel 34)
- India: 350 runs in 110.3 overs (666 balls), Extras 17
- 8th Wicket: 100 runs in 171 balls (Washington Sundar 54, Axar Patel 41, Ex 7)
- Innings Break: India - 365/10 in 114.4 overs (Washington Sundar 96)
- Lunch: England - 6/0 in 3.0 overs (Zak Crawley 5, Dominic Sibley 1)
- Drinks: England - 46/4 in 19.0 overs (Joe Root 27, Ollie Pope 5)
- England: 50 runs in 21.2 overs (128 balls), Extras 4
- Over 25.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batsman - Joe Root (Struck down)
- Tea: England - 91/6 in 33.0 overs (Dan Lawrence 19, Ben Foakes 6)
- Over 32.6: Review by India (Bowling), Umpire - VK Sharma, Batsman - Dan Lawrence (Struck down)
- England: 100 runs in 39.1 overs (235 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: England - 132/8 in 52.0 overs (DW Lawrence 49, MJ Leach 1)
- Over 52.2: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Sharma, Batsman - Jack Leach (Upheld)
- Daniel Lawrence: 50 off 93 balls (6 x 4)
IND vs ENG live score after 54.5 Overs: 135-10 | Ashwin completes FIVE WICKET HAUL
Ashwin continues...
Leach gets beaten off the first delivery while edges the second ball to first slip. Rahane completes the catch. GONE. Jack Leach c Rahane b Ashwin 2(31)
James Anderson, left handed bat, comes to the crease and tucks the 3rd ball towards mid-wicket for a single.
Lawrence blocks the 4th while gets CASTLED pff the 5th delivery. India wins by an innings and 25 runs. INDIA QUALIFIES FOR ICC WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL, to lock horns with New Zealand at Lord's cricket ground on June 18-22.
IND vs ENG live score after 54 Overs: 134-8
Axar Patel [23.0-6-46-5] is back into the attack continues and concedes a single each to both the batsmen. Daniel Lawrence completes his second Test fifty.
IND vs ENG live score after 53 Overs: 132-8
Ashwin continues and bowls a MAIDEN over to Jack Leach, who survives a caught behind call thanks to a DRS.
India vs England 4th Test live updates: DRINK BREAK
Lawrence and Leach at the crease
IND vs ENG live score after 52 Overs: 132-8
Washington Sundar [3.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack and concedes a couple of runs to Daniel Lawrence, who moves to 49.
IND vs ENG live score after 51 Overs: 130-8
Ashwin continues and concedes five runs, including a boundary, to Lawrence.
IND vs ENG live score after 50 Overs: 125-8
Axar continues and concedes three singles.
IND vs ENG live score after 49 Overs: 122-8
Axar continues and Lawrence collects a leg byes for England.
Jack Leach again survives straight five deliveries in an over.
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First Published: Mar 06 2021 | 8:58 AM IST