Once again England bowlers and batsman dominating and India batsmans are just watching the way of the pavillion and now England lead the series by 3-0 and had won the series of test and now hoping to defeat in the next 4th test.
England confirmed they will go top of the ICC Test rankings at the end of this npower series, which they emphatically won with a game to spare by completing an innings-and-242-run victory over India at Edgbaston.
England – currently third, also behind South Africa – will knock India off their perch for the first time since December 2009 and occupy the position themselves after 32 years.
They have utterly outplayed Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side so far in this rubber and will whitewash the tourists with victory in the Kia Oval finale, which starts on Thursday.
Such has been the hosts’ dominance that a win here seemed just a matter of time when India resumed 451 behind with nine wickets left this morning, the fourth.
That proved to be the case as James Anderson tore through the top order in the first hour and Graeme Swann added another before running out Sachin Tendulkar in cruel fashion prior to lunch.Dhoni launched a stunning counter-attack thereafter, adding 75 with Praveen Kumar inside eight overs to avoid India’s heaviest Test defeat.
It was predictably in vain, though, with Stuart Broad striking twice and Tim Bresnan taking the final wicket shortly after 3pm to leave Dhoni stranded on 74.
India began the day on 35 for one in reply to England’s mammoth first-innings 710 for seven declared with hope only of maintaining their status at the rankings’ summit, rather than keeping the series alive.
they will also lose the odis and t20 series.
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