And true to his style, Cook kept in simple and dignified. After a brief demonstration of euphoria on the field and posing for a group photo with the trophy, Cook led his players on a lap of honour around The Oval arena. A good Sunday crowd gave Cook and his boys a loud cheer as they waved and clapped in acknowledgement.
It was a far cry from England's Ashes celebration here last summer when the trio of Kevin Pietersen, Stuart Broad and James Anderson had urinated on The Oval pitch while having a celebratory drink after the fourth Test against Australia ended in a draw, signalling an Ashes win for the home team.
Cook, who went through a tough time in the five-Test series, disclosed that he always believed that England would bounce back.
"I had a lot of confidence in the talent and amount of skill we had in the dressing-room. I didn't think we'd win quite so emphatically, as we have done," Cook said after the match.
"Southampton was clearly a turning point for us, to finally get the win. Once we won there, we decided that was how we wanted to play our cricket against these guys," Cook added.
"Credit to the five bowlers for the way they've bowled -because with sustained periods of pressure, we didn't let them get away from us."
Cook felt it had been more satisfying to have won the series in India in 2012. "I still think winning in India was an amazing achievement. So I'm going to rank that one higher. But that still shouldn't take away from the way we've played these last three games," he said.
The most pleasing aspect of England's victory over India was the manner in which his team dominated Dhoni's boys.
"They didn't get more than 150 in four innings, and all our batters scored runs, so it's almost like perfect games," he added.
Record on Anderson's mind
Man-of-the-Series James Anderson revealed that the controversy surrounding his spat with India's Ravindra Jadeja had made him more determined to perform on the field.
"At Southampton, when the stuff was going on around before and after the game... we were so focused on winning that game, and since then we've not let India back into the series," said Anderson, who, however, admitted to feeling the pressure of being only four wickets shy of going past Ian Botham's tally of 383 Test wickets. It will be an amazing thing if I do get there. Right now the talk is driving me mad."
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