We let the game slip away after dominating three days, says Jasprit Bumrah

England rode on Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow's majestic centuries to thump India by seven wickets and register their highest-ever successful run chase in Test cricket.

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Joe Root and 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.

England overhauled the 378-run target in the morning session of the fifth and final day with Root and Bairstow remaining unbeaten on 142 and 114 respectively. "That's the beauty of Test cricket, even if you have three good days. We fell short with the bat yesterday and that is where we let the opposition in to let the match slip away from us," Bumrah said at the post-match presentation ceremony. "Ifs and buts can always be there. If you go back, if there was no rain in the first match, we could have won the series. But England played really well."

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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.

England's win meant that the five-match Test series, which spilled over to this year due to Covid-19 cases in the Indian camp last year, ended in a 2-2 draw. "We have drawn the series and both teams played very good cricket and it was a fair result," Bumrah said. Bumrah lauded Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja for their tons in India's first innings. "Pant takes his chances. He and Jaddu got us back into the game with their