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Indian batting order collapsed like a pack of cards
for 94 runs to lose the match by an innings and 244 runs, their third
heaviest loss in history.
The Indian cricket team underwent a dramatic
collapse to be bowled out for merely 94 runs in their second innings,
suffering a humiliating consecutive innings defeat in only three days
and lose the five-match Test series 1-3 to England at The Oval on
Sunday.
The hosts put on 101 runs in the morning to take
their total to 486 runs with a first innings lead of 338. In reply, the
Indian batting order collapsed like a pack of cards for 94 runs to lose
the match by an innings and 244 runs, their third heaviest loss in
history.
Only three Indian batsmen reached double figures
-- Cheteshwar Pujara (11), Virat Kohli (20) and Stuart Binny (25 not
out). English medium pacer Chris Jordan, playing in only his fourth
Test, achieved career-best figures of 4/18 in 4.2 overs while Man of the
Series James Anderson took 2/16 from his eight. Stuart Broad and Chris
Woakes chipped in with a wicket each.
India's woes continued in the morning as they
failed to bowl out the hosts, who resumed at 385/7. The English lower
order came out with the intent of scoring as many runs in the quickest
time to plunder the ineffective Indian bowlers, who got hammered all
over the ground.
Man of the match Joe Root (149 not out) started
the day at 92 not out and brought up his fifth Test century. Post
achieving his second hundred of the series, Root started accelerating
and while doing so dragged an Ishant Sharma delivery to the stumps while
batting on 110.
He was on his way to the pavilion when replays
showed that Ishant's left foot was over the line, making the delivery
illegal and Root was lucky to return to the crease.
The 23-year-old Yorkshireman took advantage of
the situation and increased the scoring rate, suddenly raising his
strike rate to a staggering 90.3. In total, he hammered 18 boundaries
and a six in his 165-ball knock to bring up his third highest Test
score.
He was given good support by left hander Stuart
Broad who also played a quick cameo of 37 off just 21 balls to propel
England to a strong total.
Night watchman Chris Jordan put on only one run
on the board Sunday before getting out for 20 and last man in James
Anderson also scored only one more run before being found leg before
wicket by Ravichandran Ashwin.
England were bowled out shortly after an hour's play but not before taking a massive first innings lead.
Pacer Ishant was the pick of the Indian bowlers
clinching 4/96 including two wickets on Sunday while offie Ashwin
wrapped up the England innings to end with figures of 3/72.
After having been bowled out for a dismal 148 on
Day 1 in their first outing, India started their second innings in
disastrous fashion losing both openers Murali Vijay (2) and Gautam
Gambhir (3) at the stroke of lunch.
After a brief rain delay and lunch, Pujara and
Kohli then put together the Indian innings highest partnership of only
21 runs for the third wicket before Pujara was caught behind. Thereon,
English pacers kept picking up wickets at regular intervals and it
looked like the Indian batsmen had no resistance to offer.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who has been
India's second highest run-getter of the series, also got out for a
duck after which it was only a matter of time before the hosts
embarrassed the visitors even more.
(IANS)
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