England to historic vs India 5th Test Highlights: Former English captain Joe Root alongside his Yorkshire compatriot Jonny led his side to a historic chase of 378 runs against India at ENG vs IND 5th (Rescheduled Test) Highlights:Former English captain Joe Root alongside his Yorkshire compatriot Jonny led his side to a historic chase of 378 runs against India at Birmingham. On Day 5, England needed 119 runs with seven wickets in hand and Bairstow and Root batting at 72 and 76 respectively. It took only about one and hours for the duo to not only milestone hundreds, but also get the team over the line and square the five-match series 2-2. ENG vs IND 5th Test was built up as a test of theory of where they believe that they can be brave enough to chase down any target on a wicket which has always shown some help for spinners and even pacers in the fourth innings. Not only did they live by the theory, but England went on to chase down a historic target of 378, the highest ever by the English team in its Test history. England conceded a first-innings lead of 132 considering how their batting collapsed in the first innings. To concede 416 in the first innings, then getting all out 284 and then coming back to get the opposition all out for 245 and chase down 378 shows character and determination that has been infused in this English side by their new coach Brendon .ENG vs IND 5th Test Player of the Match: Jonny were no prizes for guessing when Jonny was announced Player of the Match for this fifth (rescheduled Test) of the five-match series between hosts England and India. English Summer alongside skipper Ben Stokes against New Zealand early last month, hit a hundred in the first innings to get England to a respectable total and then in the second innings, backed up that century with yet another century in a match-winning partnership of 269 runs alongside Joe Root Playing 11Shubman Gill, Playing 11Alex Lees, Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Ben Stokes(c), Sam Billings(w), Matthew Potts, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James match was built up as a test of theory of England where they believe that they can be brave enough to chase down any target on a wicket which has always shown some help for spinners and even pacers in the fourth innings. Not only did they live by the theory, but England went on to chase down a historic target of 378, the highest ever by the English team in its Test history. This win has come up after England conceded a first-innings lead of 132 considering how their batting collapsed in the first innings. To concede 416 in the first innings, then getting all out 284 and then coming back to get the opposition all out for 245 and chase down 378 shows character and determination that has been infused into this English side by their new coach Brendon. Jonny was announced Player of the Match for this fifth (rescheduled Test) of the five-match series between hosts England and India alongside skipper Ben Stokes against New Zealand early last month, hit a hundred in the first innings to get England to a respectable total and then in the second innings, backed up that century with yet another century in a match-winning partnership of 269 runs alongside Joe Root. Former English captain Joe Root alongside his Yorkshire compatriot Jonny Bairstow led his side to a historic chase of 378 runs against India at Birmingham. On Day 5, England needed 119 runs with seven wickets in hand and Bairstow and Root batting at 72 and 76 respectively. It took only about one and half hours for the duo to not only achieve their individual milestone also get the team over the line and square the five-match series 2-2.
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