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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As India gear up to take on England in the high-octane five-match Test series, former India captain Sourav Ganguly said the main attraction of the rubber will be the duel between Virat Kohli and James Anderson.
When asked if these are ominous signs for the Indian team, Tendulkar, however, begged to differ.
Stuart Broad doesn't want to look too far ahead, but next year's Ashes series is definitely on his radar.
After the T20 series defeat and the drubbing in the ODI opener, England registered convincing wins in the next two matches to claim the rubber 2-1.
Was it a statement? A diss? A message? Or just a way to celebrate? Many notions can be made out of the gesture but one thing is for sure, Root ensured Virat Kohli looked on.
England defeated India by eight wickets to clinch the three-match ODI series 2-1 at Headingley, Leeds.
The Dublin-born batsman also reiterated his preference for tri-series and matches with some context saying that he is not a big fan of bilateral one-day series.
Dhoni was widely criticised for not showing initiative in his 37-ball 58 as India could only manage 236 in 50 overs after England posted 322 for seven.
The England Test captain admitted that confidence gained from facing Kuldeep will help in Test matches should the youngster find a place in the playing XI.
England defeated India by 86 runs to level three-match ODI series 1-1 at Lord's, London, on Saturday.
While there has been a lot of focus on Indian wrist spinners, the visitors will be missing the services of Jasprit Bumrah, and possibly of Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the first ODI, who is in doubt with a stiff back.
England have announced a 14-man squad, calling top-order batsman Joe Root back in the shortest format team for the first time since September 2017.
It was a remarkable turnaround of form from England, which lost the first Test at Lord's by nine wickets inside four days.
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Nightwatchman Dominic Bess (49) missed out on his second straight Test half-century as England, chasing a series-levelling victory, progressed to 302/7 at stumps on day 2 against Pakistan.
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Pakistan didn't capitalize on winning the toss at Headingley, with its batsmen failing to handle a swinging and seaming ball as England's pace attack dominated the proceedings on Day 1.
Both the seamers shared eight wickets among them to bundle out hosts for a paltry 184 before Pakistan ended the day one of the first Test for 50/1 at Lord's.
England skipper Root backs Stokes for the Pakistan Test series after his poor outing in 2018 IPL and hopes he will get back on track after missing out on the Australia and New Zealand tours.
England has now not won a Test series away from home since 2016 when it beat South Africa 2-1 in South Africa.
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