Chennai: India saved the best for the last as a dramatic turnaround on the fifth day of the final in Chennai allowed the hosts to clinch the series 4-0.
England, which started the day at 12/0 on a pitch that hardly had any support for bowlers, were bowled out for 207 as India beat them by an innings and 75 runs. India’s fifth day charge was led by the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who picked seven wickets on the final day.
English openers, Alastair Cook (49) and Keaton Jennings (54) put up a solid stand of 103 to guide the visiting team to lunch without losing a wicket. Things, however, changed in the second session as they lost four wickets before tea, with Jadeja picking three of them.
Indian bowlers went for a kill in the final session of the day as the English resistance crumbled to handover the victory to India.
England 207 all out!
WICKETS AND A 4-0 SERIES WIN! Jadeja it has to be and Jadeja it is. He completes a sensational day for him. 7 wickets with the ball, 2 catches off pacers. He has not put a foot wrong on the final day. India have completed an innings and 75-run win before the vocal Chepauk crowd.
England: 200/8 from 81 overs:
WICKET! Adil Rashid departs. Umesh Yadav gets his first wicket in the innings as Jadeja takes an easy catch. England 8 down and India move close to 4-0 series win.
England: 196/7 from 75 overs:
WICKET! England are going down in a hurry. Amit Mishra's googly was too good to handle for debutant Liam Dawson as it broke through his defence to disturb the timber. India all over England.
England: 193/6 from 74 overs
WICKETS! Five-wicket haul for Jadeja. He is all over England. First, Moeen Ali played a senseless shot and R Ashwin jumped at mid-on to hold on to a fine catch. Stokes departed in the next over bowled by Jadeja as the ball stopped on him a bit. India 4 wickets away from 4-0.
England: 167/4 from 64 overs
Tea! It's time for a break in Chennai. A fruitful session for India and especially Ravindra Jadeja, the spinner had hands in all the four wickets. It's still a very good wicket and would be difficult to bowl out the English team.
Moeen Ali (32) an Ben Stokes (13) are batting for the visiting team. We can expect an aggressive approach by Team India in the last session of the final day as they aim to take remaining six wickets to win the Test match.
England: 158/4 from 63 overs
Ben Stokes (13) and Moeen Ali (23) have steadied the English innings after they lost four wickets in quick succession immediately after the lunch break. They trail by 124 runs.
England: 129/4 from 52.2 overs
Wicket! Jonny Bairstow, out caught by Jadeja off Ishant Sharma's bowling. Stunning catch by Jadeja. It was a full delivery and took a leading edge off Bairstow's bat, who tried to flick on the leg. Jadeja ran a long way to take the catch.
England: 126/3 from 50 overs
Out! Joe Root, out LBW off Jadeja's bowling. The big wicket is gone and it's Jadeja again.
England: 111/2 from 44 overs
Wicket! Jadeja strikes again and this time it is Jennings, caught and bowled. Good innings comes to an end. The batsman came down the pitch and tried to defend the fall, but ended up giving a catch to Jadeja. He clearly mistimed the shot.
England: 106/1 from 43 overs
Fifty! Keaton Jennings brings up his maiden half-century. The opener made a century on his debut in Mumbai. England trail by 176 runs.
England: 103/1 from 40 overs
Out! Alastair Cook, out caught by KL Rahul off Ravindra Jadeja's bowling. How often do we see this in Test cricket that a wicket falls immediately after the break. The skipper dismissed after lunch on 49, and India get the first breakthrough of the day.
Little reckless by Cook, the ball was pitched on the leg, he tried to flick it and ended up giving a catch to Rahul at leg slip. Good catch!
Chennai: English batsmen have shown smart application to survive the first session in Chennai on the fifth day of the final Test. They have added 85 runs and trail by 185 runs.
On the other hand, India's premier bowler R Ashwin had been very unlucky in the morning session. The offspinner came very close to dismissing England skipper Alastair Cook but the batsman survived.
England: 97/0 from 37 overs
Lunch! England have survived the first session of the day without losing a single wicket. They still trail India by 185 runs.
England: 79/0 from 32 overs
This has been very good concentration by English openers. They have been out in the field for two days but they have shown quite a determination to put up a strong opening stand. They still trail by 202 runs.
England: 45/0 from 21 overs
England have not lost a single wicket this morning but they have very fortunate. Indian bowlers have been very good, especially Ashiwn and Cook could have been dismissed at least two times. The visitors trail by 237 runs.
England: 27/0 from 13 overs
England have made a cautious start here, they look determined to save the Test match. The visitors still trail by 255 runs. R Ashwin and Ishant Sharma are bowling in tandem for India.
Chennai: Welcome to fifth and final day of play of the final Test between India and England in Chennai.
The visiting team finished the fourth day at 5/0 and trail India by 270 runs after Karun Nair smashed a mammoth 303 to become only the second Indian to score a triple ton.
The Karnataka batsman, who was playing his first Test series and only the third match in the longer format of the game, punished England bowlers as India amassed 759 runs to take a 282-run lead against Alastair Cook-led side.
While Karun’s teammate at Karnataka and Team India, KL Rahul, missed out on a double ton on Sunday, the 25-year-old made sure he did not miss out on a golden opportunity to etch his name in the history books with a magnificent knock at Chepauk.
