India crushed England by an innings and 25 runs inside three days to win the fourth Test match of the series, at Motera, Ahmedabad. India clinched the series 3-1, and will now face New Zealand in the final of the ICC World Test Championship, at Lord’s later this year. Here are the statistical highlights of the Ahmedabad Test. India vs England 4th Test Day 3 key moments: Sundar’s heartbreak, Pant’s stumping
0 cricketers have scored a hundred and taken 30 wickets in a series of 4 or fewer Tests before R Ashwin. George Giffen and Richie Benaud did it in 5-match series and Ian Botham and Imran Khan in 6-match series.
13 consecutive series wins at home for India now. No other side had a streak of more than 10.
27 wickets by Axar Patel now. Only Narendra Hirwani (31) and Charlie Turner (29) had more wickets after 3 Test matches. Rodney Hogg also had 27.
30 five-wicket hauls for Ashwin (he took 5-47 today). He went past Glenn McGrath’s tally of 29. He is behind only Muttiah Muralitharan (67), Shane Warne (37), Richard Hadlee (36), Anil Kumble (35), and Rangana Herath (34). James Anderson also has 30.
32 wickets for Ashwin from 4 Tests in the series, the third-most by an Indian against England. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (35) and Vinoo Mankad (34) had taken more, but these came in 5-match Test series. Axar Patel finished with 27 wickets in 3 Tests.
43 is the highest score for Axar now. His previous best was 7 in the second Test of this series.
67 wickets for Ashwin in the ongoing ICC Test Championship. Only Pat Cummins (70) and Stuart Broad (69) have more, but unlike them, Ashwin will have another go, in the final.
88 wickets for Ashwin against England. Only Chandra (95) and Kumble (92) have more among Indians. Ashwin went past Bishan Bedi (85) and Kapil Dev (85) today.
96* is the highest score for Washington Sundar now. His previous best was 85* in the second Test of this series.
166 balls bowled by Ben Stokes in India’s only innings (he had 27.4-6-89-4). He has not bowled as much in an innings since the Cape Town Test of 2015/16.
409 Test wickets for Ashwin. He went past Curtly Ambrose (405), and is 15th on the all-time list.
1660 runs for Joe Root in the ICC WTC. He finished just behind Marnus Labuschagne (1,675), who is set to finish as the leading run-scorer. Among the finalists, Ajinkya Rahane (1,095) and Rohit Sharma (1,030) are the only ones with over a thousand runs. For New Zealand, Kane Williamson (817) has the most runs.