England beat India by seven wickets within the rescheduled fifth Test to degree the collection 2-2 at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Tuesday.
Set 378 to win, England completed on 378-3, with Joe Root (142 ) and Jonny Bairstow (114). Both the gamers cast a 269-run partnership for the fourth wicket to achieve the 378-run goal.
Root smashed 142 not out, his twenty eighth take a look at century, forging a mammoth 269-run partnership for the unbroken fourth wicket with Bairstow at Edgbaston.
Victory noticed England degree this five-match collection at 2-2.
Root crafted his third take a look at hundred of the season to be 142 not out– his second century of the take a look at and fourth in his final 5 innings.
No England facet had beforehand made extra to win within the fourth innings of a Test than 359, when now captain Ben Stokes’ century led them to an exhilarating victory over Australia at Headingley three years in the past.
It was England’s fourth straight profitable run chase after New Zealand was swept 3-0 final month below new captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum.
Reacting to India’s defeat within the rescheduled fifth Test former Indian chief coach Ravi Shastri mentioned Team India’s “timid” and “defensive” batting method of their second innings allowed England to make a comeback on the fourth day, information company PTI reported.
“I think (it was) disappointing, to say the least, because they could have batted England out of this contest,” Shastri added.