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20-Dec-2016 09:48:00 GMT
India v England, 5th Test, Chennai, day 5

Jadeja seven-for as India seal 4-0

Chennai: India beat England by an innings and 75 runs in the fifth and final test to complete a 4-0 series victory on Tuesday after England collapse from 103-0 to 207-10.

Behind by 282 on first innings, England were taken to 103-0, but then lost four wickets for 26 runs.

They looked to have been steadied until Moeen Ali played an awful swipe at Ravindra Jadeja, who took 7-48.

It began a slump of six wickets for 15 runs, with England all out for 207 to give India a 4-0 series win.

England have now lost six of the past eight Tests, seven of which have come on a gruelling tour of Bangladesh and India, where alien conditions have highlighted familiar weaknesses in the batting and bowling of spin.

The touring side needed to bat out the final day to secure a consolation draw and Alastair Cook and Keaton Jennings defended resolutely through the morning to boost their chances.

Cook did look ill at ease against spin and got a life on four when he lunged forward to edge Ravichandran Ashwin but the ball popped out of wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel's gloves.

Jennings played more confidently although was nearly caught by Lokesh Rahul at short leg off Amit Mishra when on 31.

Jadeja returned after lunch to turn the match on its head.

The all-rounder has haunted Cook since the tourists landed in India and he dismissed the England captain for the sixth time in the series by getting him caught at leg slip.

It was a poor shot from Cook who edged a leg-side delivery to Rahul to depart for 49.

Jennings followed up his debut century in the previous test in Mumbai with a fifty but offered a tame return catch to Jadeja after making 54.

For once, England's batting mainstay Joe Root let down his team.

Root was hit on the pad by a fuller delivery from Jadeja and was probably relieved after India's lbw appeal was turned down.

Home captain Virat Kohli took his time before deciding to review the decision, which was overturned after replays suggested the ball would have hit the leg stump.

Jadeja then sprinted backwards to take a brilliant running catch to dismiss Jonny Bairstow off the bowling of paceman Ishant Sharma.

They do not play another Test until July, by which time they may have a new captain, with Alastair Cook admitting to having questions over his future.

Brief scores
England -
477 (Ali 146, Root 88, Dawson 66*, Rashid 60, Jadeja 3-106) and 207 (Jennings 54, Jadeja 7-48)
India - 759 for 7 dec (Nair 303*, Rahul 199, Patel 71, Ashwin 67, Jadeja 51)
Result - India won by an innings and 75 runs


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