Monday, 23 Dec, 2024

Sports

India seals Series against England

22 |
Update: 2016-12-12 00:34:01
India seals Series against England Photo Courtesy: NDTV

The Indian cricket team scored a comprehensive inning and 36-run victory over England at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Monday to claim the five-Test series with an unassailable 3-0 lead.

Resuming the day at 182/6, England showed no resistance and were bowled out for 195 to hand the hosts their third successive win of the series, reports NDTV.

This triumph was also Virat Kohli’s 13th win as Test captain putting him just behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin. India are also unbeaten for 17 matches in the longest format of the game.

Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was the star of the show with the ball as he picked up a total of six wickets to bowl out the visitors for a meager total in the second innings.

He also claimed 10 wickets in the match to become the second-highest in the list of most 10-fors by an Indian in Tests behind the legendary Anil Kumble. While Kumble has eight 10 wickets hauls, Ashwin now has seven.

England had posted a respectable total of 400 runs in the first innings but backed by Virat Kohli's third double century in 2016, the home team put up a formidable 631, taking a 231-run first innings lead.

England then failed to provide any resistance and could only muster 13 runs on Monday morning to be bowled out for 195.

This is only the third time a team batting first made 400 and then lost by an innings (England twice and Sri Lanka once).

Kohli, named Man of the Match for his double century.

BDST: 1130 HRS, DEC 12, 2016
SR

All rights reserved. Sale, redistribution or reproduction of information/photos/illustrations/video/audio contents on this website in any form without prior permission from banglanews24.com are strictly prohibited and liable to legal action.