Ravichandran Ashwin added another feather to his illustrious Test cap as he became the first Indian bowler to bag 100 wickets against England in the red-ball format. The ace spinner achieved the feat during the fourth Test against England at JSCA Stadium in Ranchi on Friday.

Ashwin also joined the rare list of players with the double of 100 wickets and 1000 plus runs against England in Test history. He became the fourth player to do so and joined the list of players including West Indies great Gary Sobers.

The off-spinner snared the wicket of Jonny Bairstow (38) to add more trouble to England's troublesome innings before lunch. Ashwin trapped Bairstow in front of the wickets but on-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena did not give it out until captain Rohit Sharma's DRS overturned the decision in India's favour.

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Players with Test double of 100 wickets and 1000-plus runs against England

1. Gary Sobers (West Indies) - 3214 runs and 102 wickets vs England
2. Monty Noble (Australia) - 1905 runs and 115 wickets vs England
3. Giffen (Australia) - 1238 runs and 103 wickets vs England
4. R Ashwin (India) - 1085 runs and 100 wickets vs England

Ashwin achieved the landmark feat of 500 Test wickets in the third Test in Rajkot. He had to miss one day of play during the third Test due to a family emergency and later joined the team on the final day of the match.

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Debutant pacer Akash Deep's three-wicket burst in the morning session derailed England's batting line-up as they were reeling at 112/5 at lunch with Jadeja and Ashwin bagging one wicket each.

England suffered a batting collapse as Ben Duckett (11), Ollie Pope (0), Zak Crawley (42), Bairstow (38) and captain Ben Stokes (3) lost their wickets cheaply before lunch.

Earlier, Stokes won the toss and opted to bat first as India rested Jasprit Bumrah to manage his workload in the series.

Stokes also hinted at his bowling in the match at the toss, joining James Anderson and Ollie Robinson as a third seamer.

"We will bat first. 2-1 down, a bit more important in the context of the series, but every game is important. The first one hour will give us an idea about how the pitch will play, but it was always going to be a bat-first track. My bowling is coming off well, it's been a long time coming. I'm happy with the way we've operated throughout the series and looking forward to more of the same," Stokes said at the toss.