India beat England, win series

Restricting England at 206 in 49.3 overs, Indian batsmen, specially

Ajinkya Rahane (106) and Shikhar Dhawan (97), who added a 183 runs in the first wicket partnership, to reach 212 runs for the loss of a wicket with 117 balls to spare.

Rahane played a matured knock where he hit 10 boundaries and four over boundaries in his 100-ball knock.

Dhawan remained unbeaten at 97. He hammered 11 boundaries and four sixes in his knock.

With just few more runs to score, India lost the wicket of Rahane with

Harry Gurney picking it up to give the visitors a late break through.  It could not disrupt India's progress to the target.

Earlier, Indian bowlers again performed well to restrict England at 206 in 49.3 overs.

Moeen Ali remained the top scorer for the side with his 67.  With four boundaries and three sixes in his knock, he dragged the scorecard beyond the 200-run mark.

Joe Root  contributed 44 runs with his willow.

England could not recover from 23-3 after Indian skipper MS Dhoni directed the hosts to bat first after winning the toss in this crucial ODI match of the series.

Both the pacers and spinners picked up wickets in the match which was once again one sided and was dominated completely by India.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/14) and Mohammed Shami (3/28) were lethal with the ball and picked up five wickets together.

The spinners were not far behind as Ravindra Jadeja (2/40), R Ashwin (1/48) and Suresh Raina (1/36) all picked up a wicket in the England innings. The English batsmen looked absolutely helpless in front of the young Indian attack.

With 3-0 lead, India won the ODI series and will face in the fifth match of the series  on Sept 5.

After the match,Rahane said: " Feels really great when you get a 100 and the team wins."