Ashwin stars as India beat England by 246 runs

The first Test against Sri Lanka in the three-Test series in 2015 is Kohli’s only loss since he officially took over the captaincy from MS Dhoni.

“The next three Test matches, I’m sure once the wickets are good, it’s going to be entertaining because England will fight hard”, continued Ganguly.

England posted a mammoth 537 in the first Test after electing to bat first in Rajkot while India amassed 455 after the coin turned in skipper Virat Kohli s favour in the second game.

“It was annoying to lose that wicket in the last over but we’ve got a lot of batting in the team and hopefully someone gets stuck in”.

“If you are looking for runs, you defend well because your head is on the ball as well”.

Shami took two wickets in England’s second innings.

Broad, 30, claimed four wickets in India’s second innings, despite suffering from a strained tendon in his left foot. It speaks volumes of his character. “It’s always priceless, those contributions”. The second over after lunch saw Ashwin bowl Zafar Ansari with a ball that deviated a long way off the surface to take off stump out of the ground.

India’s spirited bowling stopped England from settling in as the visitors slumped from their overnight 87 for two to 158 all out, just 20 minutes after lunch.

The off-spinner, who picked up his 22nd five-wicket haul in first innings, captured the first scalp of the day by having Ben Duckett caught behind for nought, ending the batsman´s brief, 16-ball stay at the crease.

Moeen Ali made just two before he was caught at backward short leg off Jadeja as India began to tighten the screws. It was a wicket that belonged to the deck and not the bowler, but regardless India build on the advantage as Jadeja trapped Cook lbw on 54 on the very last ball of Day 4.

Ben Stokes and Root held out until drinks after which Jayant Yadav came on from the media centre end. England did not care about the runs, but they did not want to give their wickets away.

England had lost half their side and Mohammed Shami hastened their collapse with the big wicket of Root, who unsuccessfully reviewed an lbw decision, departing for 25.

England now trail 1-0 heading into the third Test, which gets underway at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Saturday morning (26 November).

Cook said leg-spinner Adil Rashid and paceman James Anderson, who returned from fitness concerns, were positives from the game for England.