Kuldeep Yadav, who grabbed five wickets, and 100th Test man Ravichandran Ashwin helped India bundle out England for a woeful 218 in their first innings on Day 1 of the fifth Test in Dharamsala on Thursday. (Scorecard | IND Vs ENG Day 1 Blog | Cricket News)
IND Vs ENG, 5th Test: Kuldeep Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin Help India Dismiss England For 218
Kuldeep Yadav's fifer triggered England's top-order collapse then Ravichandran Ashwin cleaned up the tail with a four-wicket haul in Dharamsala Test. India have already taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series
Kuldeep (5/72) and Ashwin (4/51) ran through the England batting line-up as the visitors lost eight wickets for 118 runs across post-lunch and post-tea sessions.
Opener Zak Crawley (79, 108 balls) offered lone resistance for England.
There were two partnerships in the middle-order -- 37 between Crawley and Joe Root for third wicket and 38 between Root and 100-Test-man Jonny Bairstow for the fourth wicket -- but they were not sufficient for the visitors.
There was a point in England innings when they lost five wickets for mere eight runs as Kuldeep, Ashwin, and Ravindra Jadeja got into the act.
Brief scores: England: 218 all out in 57.4 overs (Zak Crawley 79; Kuldeep Yadav 5/72, R Ashwin 4/51).
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