DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — James Anderson became only the third bowler to pick up 700 test wickets but his celebration was muted with England facing a third-day defeat in the fifth and final cricket test against India.

Anderson, already the third-highest wicket-taker in test history, joined the 700-club when he dismissed India’s Kuldeep Yadav on Saturday morning at Dharamshala. The England veteran achieved the feat in his 187th test and is the first pace bowler to reach the milestone.

He followed Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets in 133 tests) and Australia’s Shane Warne (708 wickets in 145 tests), both spin bowlers to have achieved the mark.

India has a winning 3-1 lead. It won

the fourth test in Ranch

i by five wickets to capture the series.

England was in deep trouble and staring at a heavy defeat in the fifth test after being 103-5 at lunch, trailing by 156 runs. India was bowled out for 477 runs in its first innings, taking a 259-run lead after England scored only 218 runs in its first innings.

India finished the second day at 473-8, with Yadav (30) and Jasprit Bumrah (20) at the crease. India only added four runs to its overnight score — Anderson had Yadav caught behind in the fourth over of the morning to achieve his milestone.

Then off spinner Shoaib Bashir had Bumrah stumped to finish with 5-173. It was his second five-wicket haul in four tests, and he became the first England bowler to achieve the feat before turning 21.

Indian skipper Rohit Sharma did not take the field in England’s second innings because of a stiff back. Vice-captain Jasprit Bumrah took charge, sharing the new ball with Ravichandran Ashwin.

Ashwin bowled Ben Duckett (2) in the second over, and then dismissed Zak Crawley for a 16-ball duck in the sixth over. Ollie Pope tried a sweep shot, but only ended up offering an easy catch to Yashasvi Jaiswal at short leg as Ashwin picked a third wicket. Pope made 19 runs and England was down to 36-3.

Jonny Bairstow, appearing in his 100th test, and Joe Root added 56 runs for the fourth wicket. Bairstow was aggressive, hitting three fours and three sixes in his 31-ball, 39-run total.

But Yadav provided the breakthrough, trapping Bairstow lbw, as England lost a fourth wicket leading up to lunch. It got worse as Ashwin bowled skipper Ben Stokes for just two runs leaving the English second innings in tatters.

Root was unbeaten on 34 runs at the break.

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