The AS of England, Joe Root, shone with the bat in the Lord Lord test of the team against India in London. The 34 -year -old obtained his 37th century in the format, ending with a coup of 104 races well done in 199 balls in the first tickets of his team.
Root remained undefeated in 99 in Stumps on day 1. crossed the 100 -run brand with a four of the four bowling of Jasprit Bumrah in the first ball on the second day. He continued his wonderful career in Lord’s, completing his eighth ton in the iconic place.
It is worth noting that this was his eleventh ton of evidence against India. Now he has the most joint tons with Steve Smith of Australia against the Indian side.
Root He received some criticism for his twin failures in Edgbastone, Birmingham, in the second test of the series. The experienced activist registered scores of 22 and 6 in the defeat of 336 races in England.
However, they silenced their detractors with an impressive performance in Lords. The former captain of England achieved generalized praise on social networks for his batting exploits.
These are some of the main reactions in X:
“The Great Wall of England” He wrote a fan.
“Joe Road doesn’t need to demonstrate that he is the best proof batter in this modern era. The greatest in history.” A fan commented.
“Joe root of the Royal Leaf of England, carving his legacy in the heart of the trial cricket,” Another commented.
“Joe Road not only qualifies the centuries, he is recording his name in the eternity of Crickt. 37 tons of test, more than 13,000 races and even stronger at age 35. From elegance to resistance, root is the spine or modern test cricket. Past in another.
Root now has the fifth centuries in the test cryket. The only batters ahead of him on the elite list are Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41) and Kumar Sangakkara (38).
Jasprit Bumrah rules Joe Root for the eleventh time in the test cryket
Pacemaker Jasprit Bumrah Whenever India progresses in mass by sending Joe Root early on day 2. He blocked a complete installment in the first ball of 88.
The ball took the inner edge of the root bat and crashed into the average stump. This was the eleventh time Bumrah ruled out the root in the trial cricket. He matched the feat of the Captain of Australia Pat Cummins, who also claimed the English batter wickt 11 times in the format.
To make things worse for England, the hosts lost Chris Woakes in the next ball. The almighty bolus was caught, leaving England staggering at 271/7.
Edited by Aditya Suketu Desai
