As England all-time leading Test cricket run-scorer Alastair Cook stepped down from captaincy after the 2016-17 tour of India, Joe Root was all set to take the charge of the Three Lions. Right from a young age, Root displayed tremendous maturity to acclaim himself to be a leader of the lot. However, along with the authority, came a heap of responsibilities. He remained consistent but started receiving constant criticism for poor conversion rate of century from a fifty. He made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in December 2012, followed by T20I beginning at Mumbai. He played his first ODI match in the same series against Inia at Rajkot in January 2013.
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Joe Root paid rich tribute to James Anderson for becoming the most successful fast bowler in Test history and hoped he will continue to spearhead the English attack.
England's leading run-scorer had a fairytale ending to his illustrious career as he scored his last Test ton against India, signing off in style.
Courtesy the twin hundreds by the former and current skipper, England declared their second innings on 423/8 with a massive target of 464 for the Indians.
Alastair Cook was unbeaten on 46 in his final Test innings as England reached 114/2 at stumps on day three for a 154-run lead over India.
Alastair Cook (46*) and Joe Root (29*) were on the crease as England concluded the Day 3 at 114/2, with a lead of 154 runs against India in the fifth and final Test of the five-match series at The Oval.
Kohli and Root on Friday became the first to wear a unique Khadi poppy.
The England captain said Cook does not want too much fuss about his retirement day but if ever there was a time for it, "it's now".
A scoreline of 2-3 will definitely look much better than 1-4 and India will any day take Test win.
Harbhajan lambasted Ashiwn for not understanding the conditions and heaped praise on all-rounder Moeen Ali, who took apart the Indian batting line-up.
The victory against world no 1 India in the ongoing five-Test series is on par with beating Australia in the Ashes, said England coach Trevor Bayliss.
Buttler scored 69 and put on vital lower-order partnerships with Ben Stokes and Sam Curran as England recovered from 122 for five to finish at 260 for eight eight at stumps.
Jos Buttler's half-century lead the way for the hosts as the England batsmen frustrated the Indian bowlers to survive a two-paced track at Rose Bowl, extending their lead to 233 at the end of Day 3.
Gavaskar feels Bumrah should learn from his mistakes as it was not the first time the pacer has picked up a wicket on an illegal delivery.
Bumrah said India were happy to be in the position they are in and will look to exert further control in the match on day two morning.
Stokes suffered a knee injury during the third Test, his first since being acquitted of affray charges after a brawl outside a pub.
There are fears for England that Kohli's team might just emulate Sir Don Bradman's Australia that won the 1936 Ashes after being 0-2 down.
Compton feels that Kohli's too much of chopping and changing does create problems for likes of Rahane and Pujara, which can lead to an imbalance in the team.
Bairstow injured his finger while keeping the wickets in India's second innings and after that Jos Buttler kept the wickets.
Root and Buttler will both play the first half of the BBL season for the Sydney Thunder.
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