India made a solid comeback after the first Test loss against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Men in Blue won the second Test by 317 runs on Day 4 and have now levelled the series 1-1.
England's sub-continental winning run comes to an end. The Test was just a formality after Rohit Sharma's assault on the first day itself and the winning of the toss and choosing to bat was the icing on the cake.
Spinner Axar Patel took a fifer while Ravichandran Ashwin's century on Day 3 and his three wickets sealed the deal for India. Kuldeep Yadav too picked a wicket. At Lunch, England were reduced to 116/7 with Joe Root unbeaten on 33 runs.
However, Axar Patel worked wonders and sent the skipper back yet again. Axar got another delivery to spit up from the rough and bounce big. The ball hit the glove as Root's tentative poke and it ended up at slip in Ajinkya Rahane's hand.
The first session saw four wickets falling and 63 runs being scored from 29.3 overs. Kuldeep Yadav hogged the limelight when he dismissed Ben Foakes just before the concluding minutes of the first session.
The visitors resumed from their overnight score of 53/3 needing another 429 runs to win. Ishant began the proceedings for the hosts with the ball giving just three runs off his over.
England survived six overs before Ravichandran Ashwin struck with his first ball on day four. Ashwin fired the ball down the leg side on seeing Dan Lawrence step out and Rishabh Pant pulled off a brilliant stumping.
Ben Stokes then along with skipper Joe Root played some cautious shots to rebuild the England innings. The partnership survived for 12 overs as Ashwin dismissed the all-rounder in the 37th over.
Stokes departed after scoring eight runs off 51 balls as England lost half their side for 90 runs in the second innings. Ollie Pope stitched a 20-run stand with Root to take England over the 100-run mark before he top-edged on the sweep and was caught by Ishant Sharma.
Earlier, Ashwin's scintillating century helped India set England a target of 482 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Monday. Ashwin played a knock of 106 runs before the hosts were bowled out for 286 in the final session of day three.
After losing openers early on Monday, England sent Jack Leach as nightwatchman but that move did not work. Leach was sent back to the pavilion on a single ball duck by Patel. Root and Lawrence played cautiously and made sure that the side did not suffer any hiccup on the day.
(Inputs from ANI)