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Updated World Test Championship Points Table After India's Humbling Loss In Edgbaston Test To England

The Indian cricket team went down tamely on the final day of the rescheduled fifth Test against England to lose by 7 wickets as Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root smashed unbeaten centuries to take the hosts to an emphatic win. This is England's fourth straight win on home soil, and as many under the leadership of captain Ben Stokes and head coach Brendon McCullum. England ultra aggressive approach had a role to play in this victory but India are to be blamed for the loss.

Watch - "Simply Irrestible": The Moment When England Chased Down 378-Run Target vs India

A 269-run partnership between Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow helped England make history, with the side completing their highest successful run chase ever in the longest format of the game with a seven-wicket win over India in the fifth and final Test of the series at Edgbaston in Birmingham. With this, England has levelled the series 2-2, denying India their first series win on English soil since 2007. They have also completed the most successful run chase at Edgbaston. India has also been handed over their first Test loss while defending a total of 350 or more.

Rafael Nadal ignores body language at Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal has shrugged off fresh concerns over his fitness as he targets a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals on Wednesday. The 36-year-old Spaniard played his last-16 clash at the All England Club on Monday against Botic van de Zandschulp with strapping across his abdomen. Only last month, he won a 14th French Open with his troublesome left foot anaesthetised before undergoing career-saving treatment.

India vs England, 5th Test: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow star as England level India series in record chase

Jonny Bairstow both hit hundreds as England continued their resurgence with a record fourth-innings chase to beat India by seven wickets in the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Set 378 to win, England finished on 378-3, with former captain Root 142 not out and Bairstow 114 not out -- his second hundred of the match after he made 106 in the hosts' first-innings 284. As it happened | ScorecardVictory saw England level this five-match series at 2-2. No England side had previously made more to win in the fourth innings of a Test than 359, when now captain Ben Stokes' brilliant century led them to a thrilling victory over Australia at Headingley three years ago. But that record was overhauled with ease after England's first series under a new leadership duo of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum had seen them chase down seemingly stiff targets of 277, 299 and 296 during a 3-0 whitewash of Test world champions New Zealand.

Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan to feature in Legends League Cricket-2

Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan will be in action when the second season of the Legends League Cricket returns in September with four teams and 110 International players on board, the organisers announced on Tuesday. "I love to be on the cricket field. I missed playing the 1st season of LLC but it would be great to go back into the field with the LLC season 2," Sehwag, who missed the last season, said. Apart from Sehwag, the Pathan brothers have confirmed their participation so far in the tournament.

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy regains his place in world's top 20

The 29-year-old from Kerala, who had played a pivotal role in India's monumental Thomas Cup win in May, improved two places to 19 in the men's singles rankings. Prannoy, who had reached a career-best ranking of eight in 2018, has been one of the most consistent male shuttlers in the circuit with a series of quarterfinals and semifinals appearance this season. He is now the third highest ranked Indian male shuttler in the world after Lakshya Sen (10th) and Kidambi Srikanth (11th).

In Numbers: Record breaking India vs England 5th Test

Jonny Bairstow (114*) led England's stunning fighback with an unbeaten 269-run stand and inflicted a seven-wicket defeat on India in the rescheduled fifth Test to draw the five-match series 2-2. Let's recap some of the big numbers and records that the five-day action produced at Edgbaston in the fifth Test:* The combination of Rishabh Pant (146 & 57) and Ravindra Jadeja (104 & 23) accounted for 330 of the tourists' runs - almost half of what India scored (416 & 245) in their two innings combined. * The 222-run stand between Pant and Jadeja in the first innings is the joint-highest partnership for the sixth wicket in Test cricket for India away from home.

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow put India to the sword as England beat India to level series

In the end, it was pure carnage. England's record-breaking run chase was achieved with a sensational swagger to the finishing line in the rearranged fifth Test against India at Edgbaston on Monday.

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Updated World Test Championship Points Table After India's Humbling Loss In Edgbaston Test To England

Watch - "Simply Irrestible": The Moment When England Chased Down 378-Run Target vs India

Rafael Nadal ignores body language at Wimbledon

India vs England, 5th Test: Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow star as England level India series in record chase

Virender Sehwag, Irfan Pathan to feature in Legends League Cricket-2

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy regains his place in world's top 20

In Numbers: Record breaking India vs England 5th Test

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow put India to the sword as England beat India to level series