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12-Dec-2016 03:48:00 GMT
India v England, 4th Test, Mumbai, day 5

Ashwin takes six as India clinch series

Mumbai: Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up six wickets in England's second innings as India clinched the five-match series with a victory by an innings and 36 runs on the fifth day of the fourth test at the Wankhede Stadium on Monday.

It was the 24th five-wicket haul for the world's top-ranked test bowler and the seventh 10-wicket haul after the 30-year-old also took six wickets in England's first innings.

Resuming on 182-6 - still 49 behind - England's final four wickets fell in 48 balls, with Ravichandran Ashwin taking 6-55 for match figures of 12-167.

It is only the third time a Test side has made 400 or more in their first innings and then lost by an innings.

India, 3-0 up with one match to play, have now won five consecutive series.

The world number ones are unbeaten in 18 matches at home, winning 15 of those, a run that dates back to England's 2-1 series win in 2012.

For Alastair Cook's side, a fourth defeat in five matches is their seventh of the year - their 12-month worst of eight losses could be equalled in the fifth and final Test, which begins in Chennai on Friday.

Brief scores
England - 400 (Jennings 112, Buttler 76, Moeen 50, Ashwin 6-112, Jadeja 4-109) and 195 (Root 77, Bairstow 51, Ashwin 6-55)
India - 631 (Kohli 235, Vijay 136, Jayant 104, Rashid 4-192)
Result - India won by an innings and 36 runs


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