India thrashed England for 4-1, by an innings and 64 runs, to win the fifth match of the series on Saturday. The star of the fifth series, Ravichandran Ashwin, took five wickets in his 100th Test at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) stadium in Dharmsala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With this win, India created a history. The Rohit Sharma-led side became the first team in the century to win a Test series with a scoreline of 4-1 after losing the first Test. India team were playing for crucial World Test Championship points and England made their job simpler by self-imploding on day three here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For 195, England were bowled out, towards the end of the afternoon session with Ashwin running through their reckless batting line-up to end with a match haul of nine wickets. With a haul of seven wickets, Kuldeep Yadav was adjudged player of the match, including the fifer in the first essay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rohit said when the India team win a Test like this, everything has to fall in place. The way bowlers took responsibility was pleasing to see, the India captain added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The player of the series, Yashasvi Jaiswal, said that he enjoyed playing the series. It gave him a lot of experience and enjoyed his time out there. Jaiswal added that he was just thinking to play his shots and wanted to take the opponents down and that was his aim. He also said that he wanted to contribute to the team’s goals and purpose and hoped to do well at the moment. He said that his aims were basically team-oriented and not necessary as an individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The game appeared to be going only one way when India took a huge 259-run first-innings lead in the morning session by posting 477 all out in response to England’s 218 on day one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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