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[caption id="attachment_30832" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Ravichandran Ashwin celebrating after taking Bairstow's wicket. Image Source: ICC[/caption] Internet Desk: India removed the remaining four England wickets on Day 5 after they had resumed their second innings at 182 for 6 to script a massive win by an innings and 36 runs. The win also helped the hosts to grab an unassailable 3-0 lead over the visitors at the Wankhede Stadium in the five-Test series. Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took twelve wickets, as the hosts won the fourth Test in Mumbai. England started Day 5 at the Wankhede Stadium trailing by 49 runs with four wickets remaining and required something special to avoid defeat. But India took just half-an-hour to send them packing as deadly off-spinner Ashwin grabbed all four wickets of the day, taking his match haul to 12 wickets. Ashwin first took Jonny Bairstow, who could only add one run to his overnight half-century, before clean-bowling Chris Woakes for a duck. Adil Rashid was then caught in the deep by Lokesh Rahul for two, off Ashwin's bowling, to put England at 193 with just one wicket remaining. James Anderson was then caught to become Ashwin's sixth victim of the innings as England were all out for 195, failing to make India bat again. England posted 400 in their first innings before India put on a massive 631, including a Virat Kohli double century and tons for Murali Vijay and Jayant Yadav. Captain Kohli struck 235 runs for his third double century of the year, while Yadav's 104 marked his maiden Test hundred. England were already up against it going into the second innings and they slumped to 182-6 by the end of day four. Opener Keaton Jennings was out for a golden duck while captain Alastair Cook could only make 18 as England's batsman failed to cope with India's spin attack. Ashwin finished with figures of 6-55 while Ravindra Jadeja grabbed 2-63 as Kohli's side humbled the visitors to win the series with a match to spare. The fifth Test, which will be a dead rubber, starts in Chennai later this week. Brief Score: England 1st innings: 400 India 1st innings: 631 England 2nd innings: 195 all out in 55.3 overs (Joe Root 77; R Ashwin 6/55).