India began the day at 117 for seven, with Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh in the middle after England's spin duo of Monty Panesar and Greame Swann ran through the Indian batting order in the final session of Day Three after their batsmen had taken a first innings lead of 86 runs.
They continued from where they left off last evening and attacked the Indian batsmen. In the second over of the day, Swann dismissed Harbhajan Singh who tried to cut a quicker delivery that was slightly short of length, only to end up giving a catch to Jonathan Trott at first slip to leave India at 128 for eight.
Three overs later, England struck again. This time it was Panesar who got rid of Zaheer Khan. Zaheer went for an expansive slog sweep and ended up giving a top-edged catch to Matt Prior behind the stumps with India at 131 for nine and negligible lead of 45 runs.
Umpire Aleem Dar turned down a huge appeal for caught behind of the number eleven batsman Pragyan Ojha. Everybody, including Ojha, thought it was out as the ball took a clear inside-edge on his pads and straight to backward short leg fielder but Dar said not out.
But to England's joy, Aleem Dar adjudged Gautam Gambhir as leg before wicket when the batsman clearly edged the ball onto his pads. This decision brought an end to India's innings at 142, setting England a total of 57 runs.
England openers Alastair Cook and Nick Compton took just 9.4 overs to overcome the target, giving their side a massive ten-wicket victory over the home side and a great deal of confidence going into the Third Test at Kolkata.
Brief Scores: India 327 and 142 (Gautam Gambhir 65; Monty Panesar 6 for 81, Graeme Swann 4 for 43) lost to England 413 and 58 for no loss (Alastair Cook 18, Nick Compton 30; Pragyan Ojha 0 for 16 ) by 10 wickets.
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