India beat England in Dharamsala

India win the series 4-1

Kuldeep Yadav won the man of the series award

In what comes as a wholesome exhibition of cricketing skills, India beat England in the 5th and final test at Dharamsala by an innings and 64 runs. 

With this, India has bagged the series with a 4-1 victory. 

5TH Test. India Won by an innings and 64 Run(s) https://t.co/jnMticFE4K #INDvENG @IDFCFIRSTBank

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For R Ashwin, who played a century of test matches, it was indeed a memorable outing. In all, he plundered 9 wickets, 5 in the first and 4 in the second. 

For the visitors, they could manage only 218 in the first innings and 195 in the second one. But the hosts plundered a robust 477. 

For India, openers Rohit Sharma (103) and Shubman Gill (110) notched up brilliant centuries. These were ably assisted by good contributions from debutant Devdutt Padikkal (65), Yashasvi Jaiswal (57), and Sarfaraz Khan (56), who all scored half-centuries.