Tackle March 2021

India vs England
4th Test:
India Crush England to Win Series 3–1,
Qualify for World Test Championship Final
India defeated England by an innings
and 25 runs in the fourth
and final Test to win the fourmatch
series 3-1 and seal a place
in the final of the inaugural edition
of the World Test Championship
on Saturday. Rishabh Pant (101)
and Washington Sundar (96 not
out) set up the huge win for India
after the hosts had bowled the
visitors out for 205 in their first innings.
Ravichandran Ashwin and
Axar Patel picked up five-wicket
hauls in the second innings to help
India bundle England out for 135.
India started Day 3 at 294 for seven,
and Axar Patel along with Sundar
continued to score freely in the
first hour on Saturday.
The duo put on 106 runs for the
eighth wicket before a mix-up in
the middle ended Axar’s stay. He
was run out on 43.
Ben Stokes then cleaned up Ishant
Sharma and Mohammed Siraj inside
four deliveries to leave Sundar
stranded on 96 as England took
the last three wickets in five deliveries
to bowl India out for 365.
Stokes was the pick of the bowlers
for England as he returned
with figures of four for 89.
He was ably supported by James
Anderson who took three for 44
but their spinners disappointed on
a surface that offered some turn
and bounce.
In the second essay, the hosts
came out to bowl with a healthy
lead of 160.
England negotiated the last few
minutes before Lunch without losing
any wickets but Ravichandran
Ashwin picked up two wickets in
two balls to rock the visitors in the
post-lunch session.
Axar Patel soon joined in the action
and removed Dom Sibley and
Ben Stokes in quick succession.
Joe Root was looking good during
his short stay in the middle but he
misjudged a length delivery from
Ashwin and was trapped in front
of the stumps.
Both teams will now shift their focus
to the shortest format of the
game as they will play five Twenty20
Internationals at the same
venue, starting March 12.