India Win England Test Series, Qualify for World Test C’ship Final

England’s second innings ended on a meagre 135 in the last hour of play on Day 3 of the fourth Test at Ahmedabad as India closed a historic series victory, also qualifying for this summer’s first-ever World Test Championship final.

After India were bowled out for 365 in their first innings earlier in the day, England managed to score just 135 with both Axar Patel and R Ashwin completing fifers to hand the visitors the defeat by an innings and 25 runs.

Virat Kohli’s team have won the four match series 3-1.

Earlier on Saturday, Washington Sundar was left stranded on 96 as he ran out of partners when India were all out for 365. England had scored 205 in their first innings.

India had started the day on the overnight score of 294/7 with Sundar on 60 and Axar Patel on 11 and the two together added 103 runs to the team’s tally before Patel was run out on 43.

Ishant and Siraj were next but both lost their wickets within four deliveries of each other as Sundar was left just four runs short of his personal milestone. He faced 174 balls and hit 10 boundaries and one six, and remained unbeaten, missing what would have been his first Test century.

For England, Ben Stokes took four wickets and James Anderson three.

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