ENG vs IND 5th Test: Root and Bairstow power England to record test win

Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow shredded India with unbeaten centuries as England rewrote history by winning their series-deciding test by seven wickets on the last day of the fifth test at Edgbaston on Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Needing 119 more runs to register its highest successful run chase of 378 in test cricket, England cruised to 378-3 half an hour before lunch with yet another blockbuster chase of the summer. (AP Photo)

Root crafted his fifth test hundred of the year to be 142 not out while Bairstow’s purple patch continued as he reached 114 not out – his second century of the test and fourth in his last five innings. (AP Photo)

India went into the test rearranged from last year leading 2-1 and on course for its first series win in England in 15 years. (AP Photo)

Instead, India conceded its most ever runs in the fourth innings of a loss, and the series was drawn. (AP Photo)

India was on top after achieving a 132-run first innings lead. But England stormed back on the fourth morning when it claimed the last seven India wickets for 170 runs to limit the visitors to an overall lead of 377. The target of 378 — the ninth highest in test history if successful — looked unlikely until England started batting. (AP Photo)

“England kept on fighting and played better than us in the second innings,” Bumrah said after leading India in the absence of virus-affected Rohit Sharma. (AP Photo)