England beat India to win series 4-1

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Oval / London

India lost the fifth and final Test against England by 118 runs here Tuesday despite heroic resistance from KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant, bringing the curtains down on a tour which started as a golden opportunity but ended in a saga of disappointments.

England beat India by 118 runs in the fifth cricket Test to win the series 4-1 at the Oval in London today.

Chasing a mammoth target of 464 runs India were all out for 345 runs on the 5th day of the match. Earlier , KL Rahul 149 and Rishabh Pant 114 raised the visions of an improbable victory before Adil Rashid 2 for 63 in 15 overs dashed their hopes with a twin blow.

For England , James Anderson who took 3 wickets also surpass Glenn McGrath as the highest wicket-taking pacer in Test match history.

The Scores:
England: 332 and 423 for 8 declare.
India: 292 and 345 all out.

India 2nd innings
England 2nd innings
India 1st innings
England 1st innings
BATSMEN Dismissal Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
Lokesh Rahul b Adil Rashid 149 224 20 1 66.52
Shikhar Dhawan lbw b Anderson 1 6 0 0 16.67
Cheteshwar Pujara lbw b Anderson 0 2 0 0 0
Virat Kohli c Bairstow b Broad 0 1 0 0 0
Ajinkya Rahane c Jennings b Moeen 37 106 5 0 34.91
Hanuma Vihari c Bairstow b Stokes 0 6 0 0 0.00
Rishabh Pant c Moeen b Adil Rashid 114 146 15 4 78.08
Ravindra Jadeja c Bairstow b Sam Curran 13 46 2 0 28.26
Ishant Sharma c Bairstow b Sam Curran 5 24 1 0 20.83
Mohammed Shami b James Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.00
Jasprit Bumrah not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Total: 345/10 in 94.3 Overs
BOWLERS Overs Maiden Runs Wickets Eco
James Anderson 22.3 11 45 3 2.00
Stuart Broad 12 1 43 1 3.58
Moeen Ali 17 2 68 1 4.00
Sam Curran 9 2 23 2 2.56
Ben Stokes 13 1 60 1 4.62
Adil Rashid 15 2 63 2 4.20
Joe Root 6 1 17 0 2.83