India thrash England in record defeat

England have been crushed by India in the third Test, all out for a meek 122 in the final innings to collapse to their second ever worst Test defeat in terms of runs and heaviest in 90 years.

Yashasvi Jaiswal followed up his 209 in Visakhapatnam last time out with 214 not out in Rajkot as India became the first side to declare against England under the axis of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum.

Jaiswal, who had retired on 104 the previous evening because of a sore back, had recovered sufficiently to equal Pakistan great Wasim Akram's haul of a dozen sixes in a single innings, also hitting 14 fours.

After India racked up 4-430 to set a 557-victory target England rolled over. Even with the last three wickets adding 72 they were skittled in 39.4 overs to lose by a whopping 434 runs.

Hometown hero Ravindra Jadeja took 5-41 as the hosts moved 2-1 up in the five-match series.

It was India's biggest win by runs, eclipsing the 372 New Zealand were thrashed by in Mumbai in 2021. Only once before have England been beaten by a wider margin - against Australia by 562 runs in a timeless Test in 1934 in which Bill Ponsford made 266.

It was not, though, that close to the Test record, when Australia were caught on a 'sticky dog' in 1928, the first Test to be played at Brisbane, also Sir Donald Bradman's debut, and lost to England by 675 runs.

The roots of this crushing setback in Stokes' 100th Test lay in England imploding from 2-224 to 319 all out to surrender a first-innings lead of 126, before watching on helplessly as Jaiswal, plus Shubman Gill (91) and Sarfaraz Khan (68 not out) ground them into the dirt.

James Anderson went at six an over in an innings where he has bowled more than 10 balls for the first time since 2006, with Jaiswal and Sarfaraz putting on an unbroken 172 in 158 deliveries as England wilted in the heat.

Ben Duckett had bullishly insisted India "can have as many as they want and we'll go and get them" the previous evening but the first innings centurion was run out for four after calling Zak Crawley for a single his opening partner felt wasn't there.

Crawley (11) also departed before tea on a tight leg-before. Jadeja then ripped the heart out of England's middle-order dismissing Ollie Pope (3), Jonny Bairstow (4) and Joe Root (7).

A position of 4-50 before Root's exit became 7-50 after Stokes (15) missed a sweep to Kuldeep Yadav and Rehan Ahmed (0) slapped to long-on. The tail wagged, with Mark Wood's buccaneering 33 taking England past 100, but it was of little consolation.