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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India lost five batsmen before skipper Virat Kohli (43) and Dinesh Karthik (18) combined for a crucial unbeaten sixth-wicket partnership.
Chasing 194 to win the first Test against England, India were 110 for five at stumps on day three at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Friday.
Virat Kohli's 22nd Test hundred had 22 boundaries and a six and the unbridled joy on competing the coveted hundred was palpable as he let out a wild roar and kissed his wedding ring.
Kohli's animated celebration of Root's run out was a response to the England skipper's 'mic drop' gesture during the ODI series.
At stumps, England were 9 for 1 in their second innings with an overall lead of 22 runs.
India captain Virat Kohli running England skipper Joe Root out for 80 just after Tea sparked a collapse as the hosts lost six wickets for 67 runs to end the day on 285-9.
Virat Kohli ran Joe Root out with a direct hit when the England captain was attempting to pull off a risky second single in the 63rd over. He celebrated the wicket with 'mic-drop' reaction.
Ravichandran Ashwin produced one of his impactful performance outside the sub-continent as India reduced England to 285 for nine on the opening day of the first Test in Birmingham.
The athleticism of the Indian skipper to find the wickets from a long way out has left peopled flabbergasted and it didn't take long before people took to Twitter to troll the England captain.
Root added that his side wants to make a serious impact against the world's number one ranked side, and that it doesn't matter if home conditions make them favourites.
Rashid, who last played a Test in December 2016, has been preferred over all-rounder Moeen Ali in the XI whereas Sam Curran will feature alongside Broad and Anderson in the pace unit.
India last won a Test series in England in 2007 under Rahul Dravid, and it will be no easy task ahead of the Virat Kohli-led side to duplicate that feat.
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.
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