India Vs England, 4th Test: Moeen Ali sinks India's ship with 9-wicket-haul: As it happened

With the series already lost, we believe India would come back strongly in the final Test and play for pride and end the tour on a positive note. Till then, it's bye bye from us. See you on September 7.

Man of the match Moeen!

"It was great to be back. I have missed Test cricket a lot. Needed a break. Just to appreciate everything in general. To enjoy my cricket again. When I was watching the guys at home, I missed it. Great to come back and contribute to winning a game. Playing in England for a while now, back myself a bit more," said Moeen Ali.

Root praises Moeen!

"Today was probably the best I have seen him (Moeen) bowl in an England shirt. Such a testament to how he's gone about things. That strength and depth of the squad really excites me. When you're in the form he's in, it's a nice luxury to have (about playing him at three)," said Joe Root.

England were braver: Kohli

"They were braver in tough situations than us. Those contributions from lower-order have been significant," Kohli said at the post-match presentation, referring to contributions from the likes of Sam Curran.

Well, this brings us to an end of another disappointing day for Indian cricket. India looked a dominant side and were deemed favorites before the start of series but they've failed to improvise.

Wicket! England have beaten India by 60 runs and with this win they've also clinched the series by 3-1, with one Test match to go.

India not learning from their past mistakes.

India have had their moments in every test match barring Lord's. But moments don't win series and it is back now to introspection.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 2, 2018

Wicket No. 9! Shami departs for 5 and England are cruising home in style.

Harsha Bhogle's harsh observation on India's back-to-back overseas series defeats.

Like with the series in South Africa, this will go down as what-could-have-been rather than what actually was. Neither South Africa nor England were as good as they have been in the past. But then, maybe, India isn't as good as we believe it to be

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 2, 2018

Titanic is sinking!

Titanic is sinking #Southampton #EngvInd

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 2, 2018

Wicket! Ishant Sharma (0) is also back into the pavilion, and India are all over. The tourists are 8 down and the English are two wickets short of another series-clinching win.

Big Wicket! Ajinkya Rahane's defiant innings comes to an end for 51. India's last hope of getting home in this game has been diminished. India are 153/7 now.

India have lost the wicket of Pant just when runs were coming in thick from his end. Moeen Ali brought his experience into play and bowled a wide delivery that the left-handed youngster was lured into going for it and found Cook at deep cover.

Wicket! Oh Pant, not at this time. India lose their 6th wicket as the youngster tried to hole Moeen Ali out at deep cover and finds the fielder. His cameo of 18 off 12 balls comes to an end and the tourists are once again in trouble.

Fifty! Ajinkya Rahane brings up his fifty. Another patient innings from the vice-captain. But unlike Kohli, he needs to hang on.

Moeen Ali shines again.

Moeen Ali is back. Far greater threat than Adil Rashid. But India have the partnership they needed. Irrespective of how much longer it goes, this is highly skilled batting from Kohli and Rahane.

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 2, 2018

Wicket! Hardik Pandya continues to disappoint. He's back into the pavilion for a duck and India have lost their fifth wicket soon after the tea break. Ben Stokes gets a wicket at a crucial time and the game is slipping away from India's grip, again.

Match has quickly shifted into England's favour after Kohli's dismissal. The 101-run stand between the captain and vice-captain had kept the tourists in the contention. But Kohli's dismissal has pumped up the hosts.

How things change when Kohli goes! #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/8bwGm2krz3

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) September 2, 2018

Wicket! Moeen Ali has removed the big fish and well set Virat Kohli departs for 58. It was a soft dismissal though as the ball touched his gloves and caught at forward short-leg.

Another Milestone for Kohli: With that boundary against Ben Stokes he also completes 4000 Test runs as India Captain. In 65 innings, he's the fastest to reach this milestone. Previous best was Brian Lara (71 innings).

Fastest to 4000 runs as captain in Tests:
65 Virat Kohli
71 Brian Lara
75 Ricky Ponting
80 Greg Chappell
83 Allan Border
87 Clive Lloyd
90 Alastair Cook#ENGvIND

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) September 2, 2018

Kohli's fifty keeps India in the hunt. The match is evenly poised at 50-50. There's certainly not a draw on the cards.

For the first time in the innings, India are favourites with WinViz. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/rROIYO2rlC

— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) September 2, 2018

Fifty! Virat Kohli missed out on a well-deserved half-century in the first innings but the skipper didn't miss it out in the second innings. Reaches his 19th fifty in Tests with a boundary and England are working hard to break the existing partnership.

That's 19th Test fifty for India captain @imVkohli and he is marshalling the chase with Ajinkya Rahane. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/RDjlQx4ZEN

— BCCI (@BCCI) September 2, 2018

100 up for India in the 42nd over. There is something for the Indians to cheer in this innings. Kohli and Rahane have put up 82-run stand but the tourists are still under a lot of pressure for there's still a mountain to climb.

Taking a leaf out of Ashwin's book? Rashid too is bowling faster than usual. Ashwin bowled at a higher speed than the last 39 Tests he played.

Adil Rashid's average speed in this match has been 81.3kph, the fastest he's ever bowled in a Test. #ENGvIND

— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) September 2, 2018

This is what a snap poll on the outcome of this match says. England still in control, feel a majority of voters.

India are crawling back into this contest, but England are still ahead. #ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/OX4c9a4RQx

— The Cricket Prof. (@CricProf) September 2, 2018

Most runs by an Indian skipper in an away Test series: 512* - VIRAT KOHLI in ENG (2018) 496 - Rahul Dravid in WI (2006) 449 - Virat Kohli in AUS (2014-15) 434 - Sunil Gavaskar in PAK (1982-83) 426 - M. Azharuddin in ENG (1990).

Change of bowling from England. Joe Root has introduced James Anderson into the attack as the partnership between Kohli and Rahane is threatening.

Captain Kohli's form against England keeps improving both at home and away.

Most runs in a series by an Indian captain (5 Tests or fewer):
at home: Virat Kohli (655 v Eng, 2016)
away : Virat Kohli (501* v Eng, 2018)#ENGvIND

— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) September 2, 2018

What an incredible maiden Test series has been for Sam Curran?

Sam Curran is the first player to score 20+ runs in first six Test innings from debut while batting at No.8 and lower position.

His batting innings in Test cricket thus far:

20 (At No.9)
24 (At No.8)
63 (At No.8)
40 (At No.8)
78 (At No.8)
46 (At No.8)#ENGvIND

— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 2, 2018

A boundary towards mid-wicket from Kohli against Rashid and that shot brought the fifty-run partnership between him and Rahane for the fourth wicket. India 72/3 after 32 overs.