Ravichandran Ashwin took a famous five-wicket haul in his 100th Test as India thrived on the England batsmen’s impatience in an action-packed five-wicket contest In the final chapter of the match, India delivered the heaviest defeat to the visiting team in the ‘Bazball’ era with a powerful innings and a 64-run victory. With the series already in the bag and India battling for crucial points in the World Test Championship, England made their job easier by bursting out on their own on day three in Dharamshala. At the end of the afternoon, England were bowled out for 195, with Ashwin’s reckless batting line-up ending in a nine-wicket contest.
Joe Root was the lone ranger of the team, hitting a brilliant knock of 84 off 128 balls. He was the last batter to be ejected.
England’s second innings was played at a frenetic pace as the batsmen attacked in an attempt to survive against the Indian spin team but failed again.
The game seemed to be going only one way, with India taking a huge first-innings lead of 259 runs in the morning session and they responded to England’s 218 with 477 runs on day one.
Stokes dismissed the theory of waiting room syndrome ahead of the final game of their long tour, but judging from the performance of his batsmen, they seemed eager to get home.
An attack-at-all-costs approach clearly wasn’t working for them in India and the disaster gave them plenty to think about ahead of the start of the English summer.
For India, the series was a huge success considering the likes of Virat Kohli and Mohammad Shami were never available.
Led by Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young players have seized their opportunities in the absence of senior players, giving the team management more options for the future.
England were stranded at 103 for five at lunch after Ashwin endured a self-destructive top order.
England captain Ben Stokes (2) was bowled out during lunch when he bowled Ashwin with a straight drive.
With Rohit Sharma not playing due to back stiffness, Bumrah led the way in the middle overs besides opening the bowling with Ashwin.
Ashwin once again bowled England opener Ben Duckett (2). The left-hander, who had struggled to defend Ashwin in the previous games, charged towards the wicket to counterattack but was nowhere near the ball, resulting in a dismissal of the delivery.
Ashwin bowled Zak Crawley (0) at leg slip and the pitch provided quite a bit of spin and bounce.
The England opener got an inside edge on the pads and deflected straight into the hands of Sarfaraz Khan at leg slip. Ollie Pope (19), the provisional opener, was Ashwin’s third victim. An England batsman once again made an error of judgement, with an audacious arm sweep and a delivery that went short-sided.
Jonny Baristow (39 from 31 matches), also playing his 100th Test like Ashwin, joined Joe Root in the middle and started the attack from the start .
On the spin side, Bairstow hit three thunderous sixes off Ashwin in the field before being adjudged LBW by Kuldeep Yadav. It’s another boom-and-bust knock on Bairstow’s part in the series.
He exchanged a few words with Shubman Gill, who was stationed at the first slip, and lost focus in the process.
England lacked confidence in defending Ashwin and others and continued to use long handles after lunch, failing miserably.
Ben Foakes’ wild sweep to Ashwin ended up missing the ball completely, setting up India’s top spinner for his 36th five-wicket haul in Tests.
Bumrah’s blistering afternoon performance saw him take the wickets of Tom Hartley and Mark Wood to put India on the cusp of a huge win.
In the morning, the visitors took less than 20 minutes to end India’s innings, with veteran James Anderson finally reaching his 700-wicket mark.
Young spinner Shoaib Bashir takes his second five-wicket haul in his maiden series against Jasprit Bumrah Score.
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