Triumph in India at par with winning in Australia: Alistair Cook

Terming his side's come-from-behind 2-1 series triumph in India "incredible", England skipper Alastair Cook on Monday said that the achievement should be treated at par with an Ashes series win in Australia.

"It's been an incredible tour and to keep India out today and how convincingly we batted out the day... obviously nervous over the last 140 overs knowing how close we were to doing something really special. To eventually go out and do it as convincingly as we did was incredible," Cook said.

England wrapped up the four-match series after the final Test ended in a draw in Nagpur, giving the visitors their first win on Indian soil since 1984-85.

"It's at par with winning in Australia. As an Englishman, winning in Australia meant a huge amount, but here the dressing room, especially in the last half hour so, knowing what we had achieved, was a very special place to be in. It will stay in my memory. I'm going to enjoy it tonight.

"I can't praise the guys enough. The whole squad has played its part and everyone has contributed. I can't praise their effort and willingness to learn enough. It was a very tough challenge," said the English skipper who walked away with the Man-of-the-Series award for scoring a phenomenal 562 runs with three back-to-back centuries.

Cook said the turnaround was their second-innings batting effort at Ahmedabad.

"I was not surprised with the way we stood together but at the level that we achieved. After Ahmedabad, I did talk about playing to our potential but to do it straightaway and put all those doubts to bed was a good thing and after that second innings, we knew we could score runs here."

He was referring to the way England — following on behind India's huge score of 526 after being rolled over for 191 in the first innings — responded by making 406.

"It helped that we were playing on a wicket that we knew would have a result because it was turning so big. That took the pressure off us. We knew no one was expecting us to win apart from ourselves," he said about the victory in the second Test at Mumbai, which levelled the rubber at 1-1.