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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His captain Joe Root had said after the second Test win at Lord's that a 5-0 result would be a dream.
The former England captain questioned India's position as the top-ranked Test team in the world as the clash between India and England at Lord's was like 'men against boys'.
The home skipper hailed his team's bowling performance, which handed them a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
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Coming in on the sixth wicket, Woakes and Bairstow tore apart the Indian bowling unit with their 189-run partnership, with the pacer going on to score his maiden Test century.
Woakes was batting on 120 while Sam Curran was unbeaten on 22, as the home team extended its first-innings lead to 250 runs with four wickets remaining at the Lord's.
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With 1404 runs so far this calendar year, the skipper has left behind Jonny Bairstow of England in the second spot.
While skipper Virat Kohli had insisted that there are no technical problems but the horrendous batting effort painted a sorry picture.
Despite rain consuming the larger part of play, England started the second Test on a bright note as they bundled out India for 107 in the first innings, courtesy of James Anderson's 5/20.
Following persistent rainfall since morning at Lord's, the entire first day of the second Test match between India and England washed out, that too without the toss.
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England prevailed over India by 31 runs in a tight finish at the Edgbaston last week, taking a vital 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
Root announced that Surrey batsman Pope will receive his first cap batting at No. 4, replacing Dawid Malan from the side that won the first game by 31 runs at Edgbaston last week.
Brearley rated Kohli as the best batsman in world cricket and his success is largely due to his "ruthless streak".
Ben Stokes played a prominent role in England's 31-run victory over India in the opening Test at the Edgbaston. He took four wickets including the big one of Kohli to dent India's chase.
Curran, the youngest ever England player to win a Man-of-the-match award, claimed five wickets and scored 87 runs in the opening Test.
Former India captain and IndiaTV cricket expert Sourav Ganguly spoke to India TV on India's 31-run loss against England in Birmingham Test.
England outdid India by 31 runs at Edgbaston, Birmingham, to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series on Saturday.
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