By IANS
London : The third Test ended in a draw here Monday, giving India a 1-0 series victory against England – the first in 21 years – and the newly-instituted Pataudi Trophy.
The Indian team, who won the second Test in Nottingham, gave another reason to celebrate the 60th anniversary of India’s independence.
This is England’s first series defeat since the 2001 Ashes series against Australia.
SCOREBOARD
Day 5, Third Test, India vs. England, Brit Kennington Oval, London
India (1st innings): 664
England (1st innings): 345
India (2nd innings): 180/6 decl
England (2nd innings, overnight 56/0):
Andrew Strauss c Laxman b Singh 32
Alastair Cook c Laxman b Kumble 43
Michael Vaughan c Dhoni b Sreesanth 42
Kevin Pietersen c Karthik b Sreesanth 101
Paul Collingwood lbw b Sreesanth 40
Ian Bell lbw b Kumble 67
Matt Prior not out 12
Ryan Sidebottom not out 3
Extras: (byes 2, leg byes 4, wides 9, no balls 14) 29
Total: (for six wickets in 110 overs) 369
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (Strauss, 31.4 overs), 2-86 (Cook, 34.1 overs), 3-152 (Vaughan, 60.4), 4-266 (Collingwood, 84.1), 5-289 (Pietersen, 88.6), 6-363 (Bell, 105.2)
Bowling:
Zaheer Khan 20 3 59 0 (3w)
Sreesanth 21 7 53 3 (1nb, 1w)
Anil Kumble 37 9 123 2 (5nb)
Rudra Pratap Singh 13 2 50 1 (1nb, 1w)
Sachin Tendulkar 19 0 78 0
Result: Draw
Series: India won 1-0
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (Australia) and Ian Howell (South Africa)
TV umpire: Peter Hartley (England)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)