What happened in final match of each of last five Test series between India and England?

2021 - India won by an innings and 25 runs (Ahmedabad)

England were shot out for 205 prior to Stumps being called on Day 1. Just as Stokes was looking solid at the crease, he was dismissed for 55 off 121. Dan Lawrence (46 off 74), who was looking good to bring up his second half-century in the format, missed out by four runs. Axar Patel's 26 overs yielded four wickets, while conceding only 68 runs.

Shubman Gill (0 off 3) was the only wicket to fall for India in the 12 overs they faced during the business end of the day. The pitch was getting increasingly hard to bat on, as India were 80/4 by the 38th over. Pant (101 off 118) brought up a wonderful hundred, before he became the seventh man to perish. Washington Sundar was left stranded on 96* off 174, as Stokes (4/89 in 27.4 overs) wrapped the innings up on 365.

The menacing nature of the pitch proved too hot to handle for the English. No batter other than Root (30 off 72) and Lawrence (50 off 95) got to double figures, as England ended up losing by an innings and 25 runs. The 46.5 overs from Axar (5/48 in 24 overs) and Ashwin (5/47 in 22.5 overs) combined were able to snaffle all 10 of England's wickets, while conceding only 95 runs.