India vs England Edgbaston Test Day 5 LIVE: Joe Root Races To Century, England Need Less Than 60 To Win
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IND vs ENG Test Score Updates: Knocks of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have kept India at bay on Day 5 of the rescheduled 5th Test match.
India vs England Edgbaston Test LIVE: Joe Root raced to his 28th Test hundred on Tuesday to pile misery on India in the rescheduled 5th Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Earlier, the duo of Root and Jonny Bairstow provided England a really quick start on Day 5. The hosts resumed their innings at the score of 259 for 3. On Day 4, England were set a target of 378 to win the fifth Test after India were dismissed for 245 in their second innings shortly after lunch. England were 259 for 3 at stumps on Monday, needing 119 more to win. Former captain Root was 76 not out and Bairstow 72 not out after making 106 -- his third hundred in as many Tests -- in England's first-innings 284. The Yorkshire duo had added an unbroken 150 runs in 22 overs on Monday after coming together at 109 for 3, with England having lost three wickets in quick succession either side of tea. (LIVE SCORECARD)
