Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 as England posted 353 in their first innings in the first session on Day 2 in Ranchi Test. Then spinners Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley shone on a cracked-up surface to put England ahead in the fourth Test match.

"We never doubted Joe, we just think if he gets couple of lowies, he's even more due than before, so we fully expected him to go out and get runs in this game. He deserves everything he gets, he works so hard at his game and he always comes good," Zak Crawley said after Day 1's play.

"I wasn't nervous, had spoken with my coaches, so I wasn't tense ahead of the game. I don't know how it happened, but I used to take every game as my last game and tried my best," Akash Deep said after Day 1's play in Ranchi.

After losing five wickets before lunch, Joe Root and Ben Foakes added 113 runs for the sixth wicket to charge England to a dominant position in the first innings of the Day 1 of the fourth Test match against India in Ranchi.

After failing to cross a 30-run mark in the first six against India in the ongoing series, the veteran Joe Root silenced his critics with an unbeaten century to single-handedly guide England to a potentially fighting total in the first innings of the Ranchi Test.

Yashasvi Jaiswal is leading the run charts in the ongoing India and England Test series. Jaiswal has already scored two double-hundreds and is averaging 109.00 with the willow. He has amassed 545 runs in the series thus far.

Joe Root has come under the scanner after England's crushing loss in Rajkot by 434 runs against India. He got out playing reverse scoop off Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings and that opened the floodgates for the hosts as India ran home the advantage to eventually win the Test match.

Joe Root found himself on the receiving end of scathing criticism for his dismissal in the first innings of the third Test in Rajkot against India. Root reverse-scooped straight to the second slip to get out and former India and England cricketers have blasted the ex-captain for his strokeplay.

Joe Root, one of England's best spin batters, has managed to score just 52 runs against India in the first two Tests of the five-match series. Root was criticised heavily following his dismissal in the second innings of the second Test match in Visakhapatnam.

England have added a new facet to Test cricket with their all-guns blazing approach to the format. England under Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum don't like to play a draw and prefer a win or a loss. Joe Root has revealed another intriguing culture change in the team.

Former England captain Joe Root came out to bat after Ollie Pope was dismissed. But he looked in some hurry playing his shots of every other delivery getting out on 16 runs off 10 balls. But he reached the milestone during his short stay at the crease.

"He was just making sure he could do everything he could to help us out in the second innings, just making sure it's as good as possible for tomorrow. There's a chance we will need him with the bat so it's making sure he can hold a bat," James Anderson said.

Root has had a horrid first Test against India. He scored 29 runs in the first innings for England and was undone by a sharp reverse swinging delivery from Jasprit Bumrah in the second innings.

Jasprit Bumrah got two quick wickets in succession on the third day of the India vs England 1st Test. The Indian speedster got rid of Ben Duckett and Jor Root with two brilliant deliveries. He set-up Root's dismissal with a jaffa reverse swing ball.

Yashasvi Jaiswal, who gave India a terrific start with the bat in the first Test against England, got out in the very first over of the second day while trying to hit Joe Root for another boundary after getting one already. Kevin Pietersen, the former England batter already predicted it.

Joe Root scored 29 runs in the first innings of the opening Test against India. As he was looking to play a big knock after getting set in the middle, Root was removed by Ravindra Jadeja. But this happened not before Root created a record and went past Sachin Tendulkar.

England's star batsman Joe Root has scored 2536 runs in 45 Test innings against India while ace batter Virat Kohli has scorched 1991 runs in 50 innings against England. The duo is chasing Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record for most runs in India vs England Test history.

Rajasthan Royals' star Joe Root has opted out of IPL 2024 a day before the deadline to submit a list of retained players. Root arrived at the Royals during the 2023 auction for INR 1 crore and scored 10 runs in one innings.

England are playing Netherlands at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune in their eighth match of the ongoing spectacle. The Three Lions need to win this clash and defeat Pakistan in their upcoming fixture to stand a chance of qualifying for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

England openers Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan started well with a 45-run stand for the opening wicket but a series of silly errors led to an embarrassing collapse against Sri Lanka in a must-win World Cup 2023 game at Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium.