Parthiv Patel struck a whirlwind half-century as India thrashed England by eight wickets in the third Test at the Punjab Cricket Association I.S. Bindra Stadium.
Patel stormed to 67 runs off 54 balls as India overhauled the 103-run target a short while after the tea break on the fourth day.

Indian skipper Virat Kohli remained unbeaten on six runs at the other end. Patel hit a boundary to overhaul the target as India finished at 104/2.

Pacer Chris Woakes and leg-spinner Adil Rashid bagged a wicket each for England.

India now lead the five-match Test series 2-0. The hosts had won the second Test in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs while the first match of the series had ended in a draw at Rajkot.

Earlier, resuming at the overnight score of 78/4, England lost quick wickets to end their second innings at 236 runs.

Haseeb Hameed posted a half-century in difficult conditions to remain unbeaten on 59 and help take England past the 200-run mark.

The visitors were all out for 283 runs in their first innings while India had posted 417.

IANS

Ravichandran Ashwin wrecked havoc on the West Indies. His 7-wicket haul in the second innings gave India an innings and 92 run victory over the hosts. After Virat Kohli’s double hundred it was the turn of Ashwin to turn the hero for India. After scoring a century in India’s first innings, the India all rounder took 7 wickets for 83 runs.

Ashwin is the third player to score a ton and take a 7-wicket haul in the same Test. With this, Ashwin emulated England’s former all rounder Ian Botham, who had also scored a ton and taken a 5-wicket haul in same Test twice. Ashwin’s bowling figure of 7/83 in the second innings is the best by Indian bowler in West Indies. Ashwin’s 17 five-wicket hauls in 33 Tests so far Most by a spinner.  Ashwin won his 5th Man of the Match Award in Tests. India’s innings-and-92-run win against WI, is the biggest Test victory outside Asia.

India survived a last-over scare to edge past hosts Zimbabwe and clinch the T20 series 2-1. A young Indian team scored a close three-run win in the third and final Twenty20 International. Put into bat India could manage only 138 after Kedar Jadhav bailed them out with a solid 58 off 42 balls.

Zimbabwe started their innings well but Barinder Sran and Dhawal Kulkarni picked up two wickets each to halt their run chase. In a dramatic final over, the hosts needing 21 runs were very close to a historic win but Sran held his nerve for a thrilling win for India.

In a completely one-sided encounter India thrashed hosts Zimbabwe by 10 wickets to level the T20 series 1-1. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to bat first. India pace bowlers Barinder Sran 4(10) and Jasprit Bumrah 3(11) restricted the hosts to only 99 for 9. Chasing 100 for a win, opener KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 47 and Mandeep Singh hit his maiden T20 fifty as India routed Zimbabwe by 10 wickets and level the series 1-0.

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