Ravichandran Ashwin 'Troica' Stumps England, Spins India to Win

Ravichandran Ashwin has established himself as an asset for India in ODIs. On Saturday, he reaffirmed his worth with a splendid 3/39 that helped India restrict England to 227 and eventually win the third match of five-ODI series by six wickets at Trent Bridge.

The skilled spinner's figures were his best against this side - bettering 3/40 at The Oval in 2011. (Scorecard | Report | Match in pics)

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss earlier and while England got off to a good start - 82/0 in 17.5 at one stage, it came apart for the hosts once the slower bowlers began weaving their magic. While the opening stand was broken by Suresh Raina - his only success with the ball in the innings, Ashwin broke England's back with his calm but determined bowling. (Spinners Won the Match for us: Mahendra Singh Dhoni)

The 27-year-old Tamil Nadu bowler removed Eoin Morgan (10) before he could get a start and returned to skittle out Ben Stokes (2) and a dangerous Jos Buttler (42). His three strikes took his overall ODI wickets tally to 111 from 81 matches. Interestingly, it is the second highest by a bowler without a single instance of four wickets or more in an innings in ODIs - the highest being 122 (ave.35.02) in 149 matches by Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez. (Cook Wants More From his Batsmen)

While Ashwin did take top honours and a man-of-the-match award at Trent Bridge - his second in ODIs and first against England, India benefited from an overall display of quality bowling. (Kohli, Stokes in a Verbal Spat)

Following are more stats from the match:

# India's magnificent win by six wickets is their biggest over England in terms of wickets at Trent Bridge, bettering the five-wicket win on July 20, 1990.

# India have won two and lost one out of three played against England at Trent Bridge.

# Dhoni enjoys an outstanding captaincy record vs England in ODIs - 16 wins and five losses out of 24 (Tied two and no-result one) - winning % 73.91.

# England's 227 is their lowest completed innings total vs India at Trent Bridge in ODIs.

# England's lowest total at Trent Bridge in ODIs is 147 vs West Indies on June 27, 2004.

# Playing in his 84th ODI, Alastair Cook has completed his 3,000 runs in ODIs  - his tally being 3030 at an average of 37.87 in 84 matches He is the 13th batsman to achieve the feat for England in ODIs.

# Cook has been stumped for the second time in his ODI career - the first occasion being vs Sri Lanka - st. Sangakkara b Randiv 31 - at Old Trafford on July 9, 2011.

# Alex Hales (42 off 55 balls) has registered his highest score in ODIs, bettering the 40 off 63 overs vs India on debut at Cardiff on August 27, 20134.

# Alastair Cook and Alex Hales put on 82 - England's highest opening stand against India at Trent Bridge, eclipsing the 63 between Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick on September 1, 2004.

# England's only century stand for the first wicket against India in England is 133 between Chris Tavare and Barry Wood at Leeds on June 2, 1982.

# With his run-out, Ian Bell has equalled an unwanted record of most innings (15) of run-out for England in ODIs.  Paul Collingwood, Allan Lamb and Ian Bell have each got 15 dismissals as run-out in ODIs.

# Mahendra Singh Dhoni has established a record for most stumpings (131) in international cricket, eclipsing the 129 by Kumar Sangakkara.

# Ambati Rayudu has claimed his first wicket in ODIs - his victim being Alastair Cook.

# Despite his failure today, Shikhar Dhawan is averaging 65.00 in seven innings in England in ODIs - his aggregate being 390 - the sequence of scores being 114 vs South Africa at Cardiff, 102 not out vs West Indies at The Oval, 48 vs Pakistan at Birmingham, 68 vs Sri Lanka at Cardiff and 31 vs England at Birmingham in 2013 and 11 at Cardiff and 16 at Nottingham in the present series.

# Ambati Rayudu's 64 not out off 78 balls is his career-best score in ODIs, obliterating the 63 not out vs Zimbabwe at Harare on July 24, 2013. His only other fifty is 58 vs Pakistan at Dhaka on March 2, 2014.

# Rayudu's aforesaid innings is the highest by an Indian batsman against England at Trent Bridge, bettering the 63 not out by Mohammad Azharuddin on July 20, 1990.

# Raina and Rayudu were involved in a 87-run partnership for the fourth wicket - India's highest vs England at Trent Bridge in ODIs

# Suresh Raina, with 142 runs at an average of 71.00, is the leading run-getter in the present series.

# Raina is averaging 47.50 in ODIs vs England - his tally being 1140 in 27 innings.

# Kohli's 40 is his highest score in twelve innings in England in international cricket - his first instance of without a half century in twelve consecutive innings in international cricket.

(Stats by Rajesh Kumar)