Cricket: England fold as India clinch series win

Indian bowler Ravichandran Ashwin, left, celebrates the wicket of England's batsman Jake Ball with Indian captain Virat Kohli. Photo / AP.

England lost its last four wickets for just 13 runs in Monday's morning session to crash to an innings and 36-run defeat in the fourth test as India clinched the series victory.

India leads the series 3-0 with one test to come.

Resuming on day five at 182-6, England needed some brave resistance from its tail to have any hope of forcing a draw, but folded meekly and was bowled out for 195.

Ravichandran Ashwin took 6-55 - his 24th five-wicket haul in test cricket - for match figures of 12-167; his 10th ten-wicket match-haul in 43 tests.

The collapse began in the third over of the morning when Ashwin trapped Jonny Bairstow (51) lbw. The batsman called for a review but the decision was upheld.

Ashwin bowled Chris Woakes (0) and Adil Rashid (2) holed out to deep cover two overs later.

There were words exchanged between Ashwin and James Anderson (2) and umpire Marais Erasmus had to intervene.

Anderson was the last man out, caught at mid-on as Ashwin completed the rout in just over 30 minutes of play.

The first test in Rajkot was drawn. India won the second test in Visakhapatnam by 246 runs, and the third test in Mohali by eight wickets.

The fifth test in Chennai begins on December 16.

-AP