The hills are alive with the sound of victory
Updated On: 10 March, 2024 07:04 AM IST | Dharamsala | R Kaushik
Rohit Sharma-led India outplay and outwit Ben Stokes’s hapless England for an innings and 64-run win inside three days to clinch series 4-1; R Ashwin claims nine in landmark 100th Test
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The Indian team with the winner’s trophy at Dharamsala on Saturday. Pic/PTI
India’s dominance was overwhelming, England’s surrender abject as the fifth and final Test hurtled to a dramatic denouement at the HPCA Stadium. The third day is generally considered the moving day, but Saturday was much more than that. India completed a commanding innings-and-64-run rout after bowling England out for 195 to secure the series 4-1 and purge the memories of a disappointing 28-run loss in the lung-opener in Hyderabad.
An action-packed day which saw James Anderson become the first paceman to take 700 Test wickets and R Ashwin join the celebrated trio of Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble as the only bowlers to take five-fors in their respective 100th Tests was fittingly brought to a close by Kuldeep Yadav, the hero on the opening day with a five-wicket haul. Kuldeep dismissed Joe Root, who offered the lone pocket of resistance in the England second innings, to a catch at long-on by Jasprit Bumrah, standing in as captain for Rohit Sharma, who sat out the English capitulation with a stiff back.
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