England’s miserable tour of India ended on Wednesday with another heavy defeat as they slumped to a 3-0 one-day international series loss.
They were bowled out for 214 in 34.2 overs to suffer a 142-run defeat in Ahmedabad.
Tom Banton, who has officially replaced the injured Jacob Bethell in England’s Champions Trophy squad, played nicely for 38 but there were poor shots from a number of batters including Phil Salt and Ben Duckett.
India were bowled out for 356 off the final ball of the innings, with Shubman Gill making 112 from 102 balls, while Shreyas Iyer added 78 and Virat Kohli 52.
Leg-spinner Adil Rashid was superb in claiming 4-64 – his best figures in an ODI against India – and seamer Mark Wood bowled well in taking 2-45.
The tour was Brendon McCullum’s first as England’s white-ball coach and the ODI series clean sweep defeat follows a 4-1 defeat in the T20s.
Both teams will now turn their attention to the Champions Trophy which bowls off on February 19England’s opening game of the is against Australia in Lahore on 22 February while India opens against Bangladesh on February 20.
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