Joe Root led England cricket team have won the match and also captured the series. Moeen Ali and Sam Curran played very important role as they derails India's Chase at Southampton result of this Virat Kohli's men lost the five-Test match series.
Virat Kohli's men all-out for 184. England's young all-rounder Sam Curran nails the final coffin. England wins the series 3-1 with one more Test to go. England win by 60 runs.
Chasing a target of 245, Indian team suffered collapses on either side of a 101-run stand between Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane. India should be looking to make some changes their playing XI for the last match. The ones to face the music could be Rahul and Ashwin.
Meanwhile India lost the series but Indian skipper Virat Kohli made the new world record and broken the world record of West Indies legendary batsman Brian Lara in the four Test match at Southampton.Virat Kohli becomes the first Indian to score 4,000 runs as skipper.
Virat Kohli has taken 39 Test match (65innings) while Brian Lara had taken 40 Test match (71 innings) to achieve the milestone. Apart from this former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting had taken 42 Test match (75 innings).
Apart from Virat Kohli, Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting, this list also includes Greg Chappell, Allan Border and Clive Lloyd, who completed the fastest 4000 runs in Test cricket as captain. But Virat Kohli has left all these legends far behind and has made a history.
An hour into the afternoon session and the India pairing of Kohli and Rahane are still at the crease, putting on a 65* run partnership.
— ICC (@ICC) September 2, 2018
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Indian Squad:
Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishant Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
England Squad:
Joe Root (c), Alastair Cook, Keaton Jennings, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Oliver Pope, Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Ben Stokes, James Vince.