England's dominance on Indian shores continued on Sunday as the visitors went 2-1 up in their four-match series with a seven-wicket win in the third Test at Eden Gardens.
After India survived to stumps on day three at 9 for 239 - a lead of just 31 runs after dismissing England for 523 - the hosts fell over early on Sunday for 247.
Spinner Pragyan Ojha the last man out for 3.
Ravi Ashwin (91 not out) was the unbeaten batsman, stranded nine runs short of his century.
England needed 41 to win but quickly slumped to 3 for 8 after captain and first-innings centurion Alastair Cook was stumped for 1 off Ashwin.
He was followed back to the sheds by Jonathan Trott (3) and Kevin Pietersen (0).
Order was finally restored as Nick Compton (9 not out) and Ian Bell (28 not out) kept their wickets safe long enough to score the winning runs.
The final Test will begin in Nagpur on December 13.
Tags: cricket, sport, india, england, united-kingdom First posted December 10, 2012 09:49:57
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