India held their nerve to beat England by five wickets in the fourth Test to seal their 17th straight series win at home in Ranchi on Monday. India have now taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series with the final game to be played in Dharamsala from March 7.

This is also the first series loss for England ever since Brendon McCullum has taken over the head coach role. India resumed their day at 40 for no loss, and survived some nervy moments before chasing down the 192-run target in the afternoon session.

The unbeaten 72-run stand between Shubman Gill (52 not out off 124 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (39 not out off 77) helped India get over the line following a middle-order collapse. In the morning session Rohit sarma(55 off 81) scored a crucial fifty and shared an 84-run stand with his opening partner Yashasvi Jaiswal (37).

It is quite rewarding. We knew we had a deficit of 40-odd runs. But you know u are in the game on such a pitch and the experience you have. we hit the area consistently. Put our heads down and did the job. The guys are humble and they transform it here. They have played a lot of four-day games. So they know the way around the game. Pitch like that you cant keep defending. Using the feet was important with the bounce being low. England had come up with plans. So we had to respond