Ashwin shines with 35th fifer
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took five wickets as India bowled England out for 145 on day three of the fourth Test on Sunday to set up a chase of 192 to clinch the series.
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India sniff series win
India reached 40 for 0 at stumps, needing another 152 to win their third straight match and the five-Test series. Skipper Rohit Sharma was unbeaten on 24, with Yashasvi Jaiswal on 16.
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Spinners put India on top
Opener Zak Crawley earlier top-scored with 60 but the rest of the England batting faltered against India's spin, with Ashwin returning figures of 5-51 and Kuldeep Yadav 4-22.
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England falter again
England lost regular wickets to end their innings in the final session, leaving it up to the bowlers to level the series and send it to a fifth-Test decider in Dharamsala.
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Jurel masterclass
India's bowlers did their job after wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel hit 90 in the morning session to reduce the hosts' deficit after they began the day on 219 for 7.
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Ashwin mania
Ashwin took the new ball on a pitch with cracks and variable bounce and struck in consecutive balls to remove Ben Duckett, caught at short leg for 15, and Ollie Pope, lbw without scoring, as England were reduced 19-2.
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Batters disappoint
Root, who scored an unbeaten 122 in the first innings, put on 46 with Crawley before Ashwin and India lbw review sent him packing. Crawley raised his fifty but was bowled by Kuldeep.
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Stokes' poor run continues
Kuldeep then removed Ben Stokes just before tea when the England captain was undone for the second time in the match by a ball that barely bounced ankle high and was bowled off his pad. Jonny Bairstow fell on the first ball after tea. Ben Foakes then fell for a 76-ball 17 off Ashwin.
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Five-star Bashir
Earlier, England spinner Shoaib Bashir took his first Test five-wicket haul to help bowl India out for 307, giving the tourists a lead of 46 going into their second innings.
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Anderson two away from 'Club 700'
India were rescued in the morning session by Jurel, who put on a 76-run eighth-wicket stand with overnight partner Kuldeep. James Anderson broke the stand and is now two victims away from becoming just the third bowler to take 700 wickets in Tests.
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