England on Sunday registered their highest-ever successful chase in the fourth innings of a Test match with their seven-wicket win over India in the rescheduled fifth and final match.
The game at Edgbaston, Birmingham saw a superb comeback from the hosts as they won it despite conceding a first-innings lead of 132 runs to India.
In the final innings of the match, England needed to chase down 378 runs and they did that quite easily, courtesy of unbeaten centuries from Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.
The hosts reached home in just 76.4 overs. Their scoring rate in the final innings was close to five runs per over. While Root scored unbeaten 142, Bairstow scored 114 not out.
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