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Chennai: Riding on Karun Nair’s unbeaten 303 and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s seven for 48, a ruthless India on Tuesday hammered England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth cricket Test and clinched the five-match rubber 4-0.<\/p>\nChennai: Riding on Karun Nair’s unbeaten 303 and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja’s seven for 48, a ruthless India on Tuesday hammered England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth cricket Test and clinched the five-match rubber 4-0.<\/p>\n
The Virat Kohli-led side have now extended their unbeaten streak to 18 Tests, the longest in the history of Indian cricket. bettering India’s earlier record of 17 Tests without a defeat between September 1985 and March 1987.<\/p>\n
The 4-0 victory is also India’s highest against the English side since the 3-0 win in the 1992-93 series.<\/p>\n
Jadeja, who emerged the wrecker-in-chief in the second essay, took his overall match tally to 10 wickets with his three scalps in the first innings.<\/p>\n
Skipper Kohli, who emerged the highest run-getter from either side (655 runs with two centuries) was named Man-of-the-Series for his efforts.<\/p>\n
Newcomer Karun Nair (303 not out), who converted his maiden ton into triple century in India’s first innings was awarded the Man-of-the-Match.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, a spineless England reeled under Jadeja’s pressure in their second innings as the visitors lost their last six wickets within a span of just 15 runs to be bowled out for a meagre 207 at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here.<\/p>\n
After conceding a 282-run lead, England started positively with the openers, skipper Alastair Cook (49) and Keaton Jennings (54) — setting the tone with a 103-run stand before losing four quick wickets.<\/p>\n
England were 167\/4 in their second innings at tea as the centurion in the first innings, Moeen Ali (44), and all-rounder Ben Stokes (23) offered some resistance with a 63-run fifth-wicket stand.<\/p>\n
Coming back from the break, the Indian bowlers completely dominated the proceedings as the visitors kept losing their wickets rapidly.<\/p>\n
The English team’s vulnerability to spin was vividly exposed as seven of their batsmen — Joe Root (6), Jonny Bairstow (1), Liam Dawson (0), Adil Rashid (2), Stuart Broad (1), Jake Ball (0) and Jos Buttler (6 not out) — failed to reach the double figures in the second innings.<\/p>\n
England resumed the day at 12\/0, trailing by 270 runs, as India posted a record first innings total of 759\/7 declared.<\/p>\n
Cook (47) and Keaton Jennings (46) were at the crease when the first session of the day came to a close.<\/p>\n
But England’s slide started shortly after play resumed in the post-lunch phase.<\/p>\n
Cook was the first to be dismissed, with his team’s score at 103 in the 40th over, edging a widish delivery off Jadeja to K.L. Rahul at leg slip.<\/p>\n
Cook’s opening partner Jennings also perished soon after, at 110\/2 in the 44th over. He danced down the track to negate Jadeja’s spin but managed only to scoop a simple return catch to him.<\/p>\n
England were jolted with the departure of both the openers.<\/p>\n
The visitors struggled to bind together successful partnerships and slipped deeper into trouble with Root and Bairstow falling in the space of 14 balls.<\/p>\n
Root was caught in front of the wicket by Jadeja, who also had a hand in Bairstow’s wicket, latching onto a catch off the bowling of Sharma.<\/p>\n
Earlier, India rode on the 25-year-old Nair’s (303 not out) to post their highest ever total of 759\/7 declared in the first innings on Monday.<\/p>\n
Opener Lokesh Rahul (199), seasoned stumper Parthiv Patel (71) and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin (67) also contributed heavily to the Indian score after England elected to bat and scored 477 in their first essay.<\/p>\n
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