NEW DELHI: As India hammered England by an innings and 64 runs inside three days in the fifth and final Test in Dharamsala, Rohit Sharma and co. further consolidated their position at the top of the
World Test Championship
table on Saturday.
With the massive win, India sealed the series 4-1.
The two-time finalists last week grabbed the top spot in the WTC charts after New Zealand slipped to second place following their loss to Australia in Wellington.
The massive win in Dharamsala helped India secure 12 crucial points and lifted their point percentage from 64.58 to 68.51.
The Kiwis have a point percentage of 60, while Australia are placed third on the table with 59.09 point percentage.
Suffering their heaviest defeat of the Bazball era and a fourth in a row against India, England are at the eighth place in the standings. The defeat in the fifth Test also meant their point percentage slipped down to 17.5 from 19.44.
After
Kuldeep Yadav
fifer and Rohit Sharma and
Shubman Gill
tons in the first innings, veteran R
Ashwin
starred on the third day for India, grabbing his 36th five-for in his landmark 100th Test.
After taking a massive 259-run lead, India bundled out England for 195 in their second essay late in the afternoon session on the third day.
For his fifer in the first innings, Kuldeep was adjudged Player of the Match.
For scoring 712 runs in the series, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was awarded with the Player of the Series award.
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