Cricket: India crush England in final test for 3-1 series victory

Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel take five wickets each, thrashing England inside three days of the fourth test.

India have crushed England inside three days of the fourth test to seal their series 3-1 as spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Axar Patel took five wickets each. Ashwin bowled Dan Lawrence for 50 as England were bowled out for 135 on Saturday to complete an emphatic innings and 25 run victory in Ahmedabad. Virat Kohli’s India bounced back from an opening defeat to win three in a row and book their meeting with New Zealand in the World Test Championship at Lord’s in June.