NEW DELHI: Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel helped India seal a series-clinching five-wicket win over England on day four of the fourth Test on Monday. The win gave India an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series after they lost the first Test.
Chasing 192 for victory, India slipped to 120-5 but Gill (52) and Jurel (39) put on an unbeaten stand of 72 to achieve the target during the second session in Ranchi.
Opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 73 and 37 in the Test match, lauded Team India's series win. The 22-year-old took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote: "Tough 4 days of cricket but we are 3-1".
The left-handed batsman Yashasvi is the top run getter in the Test series so far. He has 655 runs in 4 matches at an average of 93.57, highest in the series.
Yashasvi also scored two double centuries in the series.
1/10:4th Test: India beat England to take unassailable lead
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2/10:Five-wicket win
<p>India accomplished a nervy chase to secure a five-wicket victory against England in the fourth Test and claim an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series. </p>AP
3/10:The flying start
<p>Chasing a modest 192 for victory, India cruised to 84 for no loss with openers Rohit Sharma (55) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (37) giving them a flying start. </p>AP
4/10:Shoaib Bashir
<p>The English spinners, led by Shoaib Bashir (3-79), then engineered a collapse that left India reeling at 120-5. </p>AFP
5/10:India openers
<p>Needing 152 runs on day four with all 10 wickets intact, Rohit and in-form opener Jaiswal looked at ease on a pitch, where the odd ball kept low. </p>AFP
6/10:Rohit Sharma
<p>Rohit smacked James Anderson for a six over mid-on and Jaiswal hit spinner Shoaib Bashir for back-to-back fours. </p>IANS
7/10:Joe Root
<p>Joe Root broke the stand in his first over when Jaiswal tried to slice it and Anderson dived full length at short third man to grab the edge. </p>Getty Images
8/10:The stumping
<p>Rohit brought up his fifty before Hartley drew him out of the crease with a flighted delivery and Ben Foakes whipped off the bails to effect the stumping. </p>AP
9/10:Sarfaraz Khan
<p>India slumped to 100-3 after Bashir dismissed Rajat Patidar for a duck and after lunch accounted for Ravindra Jadeja and Sarfaraz Khan off successive deliveries. </p>AP
10/10:Match-winning stand
<p>Shubman Gill (52*) and Dhruv Jurel (39*) combined in an unbroken stand of 72 for the sixth wicket to clinch India's victory on the penultimate day of the contest. </p>APThe fifth and final Test begins on March 7 in the Himalayan hill town of Dharamsala.
