London, September 2
India's Shikhar Dhawan smashed a six to seal a crushing nine-wicket victory over hapless England in the fourth one-day international in Birmingham on Tuesday. The touring side cruised to a win that gave them an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series after another feeble batting display by the hosts. They were bowled out for a paltry 206 at Edgbaston.

Mohammed Shami took three for 28 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja took two wickets each, with Moeen Ali's fluent 67 the only positive for England.

India last won a bilateral ODI series in England in 1990. Back then, the tourists won both the matches in the two-match series — at Leeds (by six wickets) and Nottingham (by five wickets).

Opting to bowl today, the visitors first restricted England to a modest 206 and then overwhelmed the target in 30.3 overs to record their third consecutive victory in the ODI series at the the Edgbaston, in what turned out to be yet another lopsided contest.

While Rahane destroyed the pedestrian English attack with a 100-ball 106 with the help of 10 fours and four sixes, an woefully out-of-form Shikhar Dhawan (97 not out; 11x4s, 4x6s) also re-discovered his touch as the opening duo put on 183-run partnership off 28.4 overs to lay the foundation for the comfortable win.