Birmingham

A 150-run stand between Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root helped turn things in favour of England at the end of the final session of Day Four of the ongoing fifth and final Test against India at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Monday.

At the end of the day's play, England's score read 259 for 3 wickets, with Root and Bairstow unbeaten on 76 and 72 respectively.

England resumed things after Tea at 107 for 1 with opener Alex Lees (56*) and Ollie Pope (0*) standing unbeaten at the crease.

India got an early wicket in the first over immediately after Tea as Jasprit Bumrah sent back Pope to the pavilion for a three-ball duck caught behind by Rishabh Pant.

In the next over, Lees was run out by the pair of Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja. England lost their third wicket when the score was 109 runs.

At the fall of the third wicket, the in-form duo of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow resumed the chase for their side. They formed a fifty-run partnership. Root-Bairstow continued to inflict punishment on Indian bowlers, suddenly shifting things more in England's favour.

The two made sure that their team walked out of the final session without any further damage, needing 119 runs to win and level the series.

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Earlier before Tea, England openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley struck a century partnership after captain Ben Stokes led from the front taking four wickets to bowl out India for 245 in the second innings as the visitors set a 378-run target for the hosts.