England will look to cement their place as the world's number one Test side by completing a whitewash of India when the fourth and final match of their series starts at The Oval here on Thursday.

India arrived atop the ICC's Test Championship table but progressively larger defeats, by 196 runs at Lord's, 319 runs at Trent Bridge and a massive innings and 242 runs at Edgbaston, have left them 3-0 down.