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IND vs ENG 5th Test: Joe Root scored his 35th Test hundred and Harry Brook smashed his 10th and helped the score 339/6 till stumps on the fourth day of the ongoing Test match. Jamie Smith and Jamie Overton were out there in the middle when the match was stopped due to both bad light and rain, and the host needed just 35 runs to win a historic series by 3-1.

Root and Brook built a brilliant partnership of 195 runs for the fourth wicket and helped the side inch closer towards the target of 374 runs.

India's fast bowler Prasidh Krishna was the pick among the bowlers as he took three wickets.

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The old ball, which was not doing a thing in the afternoon session, started aiding the pacers, and the scoreboard hardly moved. Suddenly, the remaining 37 runs seemed a long way off.

Jamie Overton and Jamie Smith were in the middle when bad light stopped play with the momentum in India's favour. England were 339 for six, and the new ball was just 3.4 overs away. Rain followed soon, taking the match to day five.

In the afternoon session, an epic 195-run stand off 211 balls between Brook and Root took the wind out of India's sails as England coasted to 317 for four at tea.

It was the second hundred of the series for Brook, who displayed special ball-striking abilities under extreme pressure. He made most of a life given on 19 when Mohammed Siraj stumbled to the boundary ropes after taking his catch off Prasidh Krishna.