The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team ended the five-match series against England on a high note with an innings and 64-run win. The victory gave the team a 4-1 series win. After losing the first Test match, the home team made a spectacular comeback and won the remaining games in style. India defeated England despite top stars like Virat Kohli and Mohammad Shami not featuring in the series. The future is bright for India as emerging players like Sarfaraz Khan, Dhruv Jurel, Devdutt Padikall, Akash Deep and others have impressed.
The series victory also meant India consolidated their lead at the top of the WTC points table. As per WTC points as of March 3, India leads with a percentage of 64.58 points (five wins from eight matches). England are eighth among the nine teams with a strike rate of 19.44. The other teams in the top five are New Zealand (60), Australia (59.09), Bangladesh (50) and Pakistan (36.66).
After this win, the Indian team extended their lead. They now have a scoring average of 68.51 points (6 wins from 9 games). England’s scoring rate dropped to 17.5. The other teams are staying put.
Talking about the match, Ravichandran Ashwin took 9 wickets to beat England by 64 runs in the fifth and final Test on Saturday. With this victory, India won the series 4-1.
Playing his 100th Test, Ashwin ensured that it would be a memorable one as he added five wickets in the second innings to his four wickets in the first over.
England batsmen were bowled out for 218 and 195 in two innings, while India were bowled out for 477 in the same match.
Opener Rohit Sharma (103) and Shubman Gill (110) scored hundreds while debutant Devdutt Padikkal Padikkal (65), Yashasvi Jaiswal (57) and Sarfaraz Khan scored fifty runs.
Perhaps the only silver lining to England’s substandard performance was veteran James Anderson’s 700th scalp this morning.
Brief scores: England: 218 and 195, total 48.1 (Jo Root 84, Jonny Bairstow 39; Ravichandran Ashwin 5/77). India: 477 all out in 124.1 overs (Subman Gill 110, Rohit Sharma 103, Devdutt Padikkal 65; Shoaib Bashir 5/173)
With PTI input
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