The India-England series finally concluded with the hosts thoroughly outplaying the visitors and winning the five-match series 4-0. While it was quite expected that Virat Kohli’s men would win the series, what will please the Indian skipper is the way his players contributed. Almost all of them at one stage or another contributed to the team’s cause that helped the hosts consolidate their position at the pinnacle of Test cricket.
On the other hand, England players were not too far behind their Indian counterparts in individual performances. The likes of Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Keaton Jennings gave some performances that deserve to come in a winning cause but unfortunately their efforts did not receive the backing of their teammates. But it does not take away anything from their brilliant performances.
So with the series all done and dusted, we at Sportzwiki pick up the combined XI of the recently-concluded series:
1. Murali Vijay:
One of the most consistent players of the Indian team in the last couple of years, the Tamil Nadu opener was the second-highest run getter as an opener in the series. He started the series with a century in Rajkot but his scores in the next four innings were 20,3, 12 and 0. But he roared back to form when his team needed him the most. The hosts were on the back foot in the fourth Test when the visitors piled up 400 runs in the first innings. India desperately needed a good show from their openers and Vijay duly obliged with a brilliant knock of 136 runs to set the platform for a win.
Batting Stats:
| Matches | Innings | Runs | HS | Average | 100s | 50s |
| 5 | 8 | 357 | 136 | 44.62 | 2 | 0 |
Honourable mention: Alastair Cook
The English skipper had a decent series with the bat as he ended as the fifth highest run-getter in the series with 369 runs but the failure to convert the starts into big scores cost his team dearly.