One of the most elegant and stylish batters to play the sport, Joe Root has finally made his presence felt in the ongoing five-match test series against India.
Joe Root had a forgetful series till now, as the batter had 77 runs across the three test matches with the highest score of 29; however, in the fourth test match, Joe Root scored a prolific hundred to get his form back.
Joe Root went on to get his 31st test hundred as he scored a prolific 106. Joe Root added 114 runs with Ben Fokes to bail England out of trouble as the visitors were reduced to 112/5.
With his fabulous knock of 106, Joe Root has become the first English player to score 19000 test runs. Joe Root now has 19014 international runs to his name.
Root scored his 10th hundred in 52 innings against India, which is the most by any batter against them.
One of the greatest test batters, Steven Smith, has 9 tons against India, while Ricky Ponting has 8 hundreds to his name.
Joe Root’s knock brought England back into the game. He took his time and found the boundaries to keep the tempo of the game.
So far, England have scored 302/7, with Joe Root batting on 106* and Ollie Robinson on 31*. On day one, Aakash Deep was the pick of the bowlers for India, as he picked up three wickets in his debut test match till now.