Australia crowned World Test Championship winners

Australia won the World Test Championship by ruthlessly dismantling India on the fifth day of the final at The Oval.

Kohli aimed at loose drive at Scott Boland, with Steve Smith taking a stunning catch at second slip. In the same over, Ravindra Jadeja edged Boland behind.

The game in their grasp, Australia efficiently worked through the lower order before lunch to dismiss India for 234 and take victory by 209 runs. Boland ended with 3-46, off-spinner Nathan Lyon 4-41.

They become the second winners of the World Test Championship, following New Zealand's success two years ago.

It means Australia carry the crown of being the best Test team in the world into the most eagerly anticipated Ashes series in a generation.

The first match in the five-Test series against England begins at Edgbaston on Friday.

• Reaction to Australia's victory over India

Australia head to Ashes as world champions

Bar some brief moments of Indian defiance, Australia have been on top in this final since early on the first day and are deserved winners.

Despite the mountainous task facing Kohli and India on Sunday, their noisy fans had high levels of expectation, cheering every dot ball. When Kohli produced his fatal edge, the hope immediately drained from The Oval.

Indeed, by wrapping up victory in such swift fashion, Australia avoided a sapping day in the field with the Ashes only five days away.

This has been a supreme demonstration of why Australia will pose such a threat to Ben Stokes' England. Their middle order is formidable, pace bowling potent and spinner Lyon a constant challenge. Their slip cordon misses little, too.

Still, England will have seen weaknesses. Openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja have poor records in this country, there are questions over Australia's back-up fast bowling and also their collective temperament when under pressure.

Though ultimately won by a large margin, this was an excellent final, full of high-intensity Test cricket. The expectation is the intensity will only grow come Friday in Birmingham.

More to follow.