India crushed England with 4-1

Day 3 Highlights

In less than an hour, Ravichandran Ashwin’s 36^th Test five-wicket haul in his 100^th match in the longest format for India blew England out of the park in Dharamshala. Thus, in an innings. On Day 3, Jasprit Bumrah filled in as captain after Rohit Sharma was unable to field because of a sore back. Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah both claimed two wickets each, while Ravindra Jadeja grabbed one. Joe Root, who fought valiantly at the bat to hit 84 off 128 balls, was the final English wicket to go in this series.

On Day 3, with India all out for 477, England’s top three fell to Ashwin in the first ten overs of the visitors’ second innings. In the end, they lost five wickets in a little more than half a session before lunch, with Kuldeep getting three and Ashwin taking four. Shortly after play resumed, Ashwin claimed his fifth wicket when he removed Ben Foakes. Bumrah then claimed two wickets in an over to reduce England to their final two. After that, Shoaib Bashir was able to stay with Root for a considerable amount of time, as the two scored 48 runs for the second-to-last wicket. After Bashir was eventually defeated by Jadeja on 13, Root made the decision to attempt to reach a century. The match and series ended when he holed out to Bumrah himself.

James Anderson got his much awaited 700^th Test wicket

James Anderson had already assured that England could not continue where Kuldeep Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah left off by making the former his 700th victim in Test cricket. Thus, England's perennial pace sensation became the first fast bowler to collect 700 Test wickets and only the third bowler overall, behind Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. After that, Shoaib Bashir completed his five-wicket haul, ending the Indian innings at 477 with a 259-run lead in the first innings, in part because of some incredibly quick glove work from Ben Foakes.

Series Highlights

Australia defeated England in a five-match series that ended with a 4-1 loss in the first game back in 1911–1912. It is only the fourth occasion in Test cricket history and the first time it has occurred outside of the Ashes. It’s possible that England’s performance over a large portion of this series was not accurately reflected by the 4-1 score. Still, the outcome of an innings and 64 runs is a very accurate reflection of the manner in which this Test was played.

India definitely had the upper hand against England from the very first ball of this match, even though these could have been the best batting conditions in a series that has seen a lot of them. Many of India’s senior players were absent, and several debuts—the majority of which may be dubbed “dream debuts”—were made. Shubman Gill, Dhruv Jurel, and Yashasvi Jaiswal have all but dispelled concerns that India’s future crop of batsmen won’t have the endurance to see out a full Test match innings. Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma are the team’s captains, and the hitters performed like both of those all-time greats when it counted.

What bowlers do best is what they did. Kuldeep Yadav may have done a lot to guarantee that he is among the first names in this team going forward, while Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja emphasized that they are possibly the greatest match-winners for India in Test cricket history. Jasprit Bumrah demonstrated that terms such as pitches and conditions have no meaning for him. India is an absurdly talented Test team. And in the end, it is what really counts.