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IND vs ENG: England won the Edgbaston Test by seven wickets, the series was drawn 2-2; Bairstow-Root's amazing look in pictures

England created history by winning the last Test between India and England in Birmingham by 7 wickets. With this win, the 5-match Test series was drawn 2-2.

India had given a target of 378 runs to England, which the host team achieved by losing just three wickets. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow did wonders for England in the second innings. Root scored 142 and Bairstow played an unbeaten match-winning innings of 114 runs. Both shared 269 runs for the fourth wicket.

England has made its biggest run chase in Test cricket. Never before had England chased down a target of more than 360 runs in Tests. At the same time, for the first time against India, any team chased the target of more than 340 runs.

Joe Root has become the batsman to score the most Test centuries in Fab 4. In this matter, he has overtaken Virat Kohli and Steve Smith. Kohli and Smith have 27 centuries in Tests, while Root now has 28 Test centuries. Kane Williamson, the fourth player of Fab 4, has scored 24 centuries in Test cricket.




Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 416 runs in the first innings after being all out. Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja had scored brilliant centuries in this innings. Pant scored 146 and Jadeja scored 104 in the first innings.

In reply to 416 runs, England’s first innings was reduced to 284 runs. Jonny Bairstow scored a brilliant century in the first innings. He played an innings of 106 runs in 140 balls. On the other hand, Siraj took 4 wickets and Bumrah took 3 wickets for India.

India scored 245 runs in the second innings for the loss of 10 wickets. In this innings, Cheteshwar Pujara played the highest innings of 66 runs. At the same time, Pant scored a half-century. Virat Kohli failed in the second innings as well.

England won the last Test by scoring 378 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in the second innings. Root scored 142 and Bairstow played an unbeaten match-winning innings of 114 runs. Both shared 269 runs for the fourth wicket.

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