India Thrash England By 95 Runs To Complete Whitewash

Diwali celebrations came a day early for India as they completed a 5-0 whitewash of England with a crushing 95-run victory in the fifth and final One-day international here today.

Chasing India’s competitive 272, the visitors had a rollicking start courtesy skipper Alastair Cook (60 off 61 balls; 8x4) and Craig Keiswetter (63 off 64; 9x4, 1x6) who put on 129 runs, but the visitors lost the plot after their dismissals.

Rookie pacer Varun Aaron provided the breakthrough with a tactical change in line before the Englishmen fell to the Indian spinners’ guile to be bundled out for 176 in 37 overs.

The visitors lost all the 10 wickets with addition of just 47 runs as their weakness against the spinners was exposed once again.

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