India vs England: Joe Root joins elite company with 737 runs in India series

The former England captain rounded off the campaign with a majestic 142 not out as, alongside Yorkshire team-mate Jonny Bairstow (114 not out), he guided England to their highest fourth-innings winning chase of 378-3 during a seven-wicket victory in the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday.

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Joe Root (142*) and 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.

The win saw England level the five-match series at 2-2. Only four other England batsmen have scored more runs in a series during the 145-year history of Test cricket than Root's tally in this campaign. Walter Hammond's 905 runs away to Australia in the 1928/29 Ashes remains the most by any England batsman. But Graham Gooch's 752 runs against India in 1990 was achieved in just three Tests, with the outstanding opener scoring 456 runs in one match at Lord's alone thanks to innings of 333 and 123 at the 'Home of Cricket'. Most runs by an England batsman in a Test series (player, opponents, season matches, innings, not outs, runs, highest score, average, 100s, 50s)Walter Hammond vs AUS 1928/29 (a) 5 9 1 905 251 113.12 4 0Alastair Cook vs AUS 2010/11 (a) 5 7 1 766 235 no 127.66 3 2Denis Compton vs RSA 1947 (h) 5 8 0 753 208 94.12 4 2Graham Gooch vs IND 1990 (h) 3 6 0 752 333 125.33 3 2Joe Root vs IND 2021-22 (h) 5 9 2 737 180 no 105.28 4 1