EDGBASTON: India have slipped below Pakistan in the World Test Championship standings after their defeat in the fifth Test against England.
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 on Tuesday.
Set 378 to win, England finished on 378-3, with former captain Root 142 not out and Bairstow 114 not out – his second hundred of the match after he made 106 in the hosts’ first-innings 284.
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 2-2 draw.
India were penalised two ICC World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate against England in the rescheduled Test in Birmingham.
