England ended the day two at an intimidating 555 for eight, built around Root's 218 that was result of a near nine-hour effort in which he faced 377 balls.
The all-rounder put up a 124-run partnership with England captain Joe Root, who scored his second double century in three Tests on Saturday.
Jasprit Bumrah unleashed a toe-crushing yorker to Ben Stokes in the opening session of Day 2 in the first Test in Chennai.
One of the architects of India's historic Test series win in Australia last month, Pant was on Tuesday nominated for the ICC Men's Player of the Month award.
The two along with Rory Burns were not a part of the Sri Lanka Test series with Stokes and Archer being rested for workload management purpose while Burns skipped the previous tour due to the birth of his first child.
The big-ticket series starts here on February 5 and the team's training is scheduled to commence from February 2.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes boarded flight for India ahead of the four-match Test series, which begins on February 5.
'Baggy Green' is associated with England's arch-rivals Australia, who've been sporting the myrtle green-coloured cap in the traditional format.
According to Dasgupta, Jadeja has done better than a lot of batsmen in the past two years.
Both Stokes and Archer are expected to be back for the high-octane series against India beginning in February next year.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes penned a heartfelt tribute to his father Ged, who passed away after a prolonged battle with brain cancer.
The news was announced by Workington Town, a rugby club for which Ged had played for in 1982-83 season before returning as their coach in 2003.
England now go on to play three ODIs against South Africa, the series beginning on Friday.
The trio will be part of the England squad travelling to South Africa for the limited-overs tour of the country and will be taking part in the three-match T20 International series that will be played on November 27, 29, and December 1.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) were able to secure a playoffs spot. CSK fans, on the other hand, suffered a heartbreak amid their abysmal run in the on-going season.
Pietersen had spoken strongly in favour of England players participating in IPL years ago even though the English board was reluctant to let its players play in the IPL and discouraged them.
Ben Stokes 50, followed by Sanju Samson 48 fire RR to victory over KXIP despite a Gayle storm; RR go level on points with KXIP in battle for play-off berth.
The English left-hander falls right after scoring a swashbuckling fifty to lay a strong foundation for RR in 186-run chase against KXIP.
In the form of his life for the past three-four years, the 29-year-old already has 7000 plus runs and more than 270 wickets across formats and finds his name mentioned alongside the likes of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff.
Rajasthan Royals all-rounder Ben Stokes spoke about life in a bio-bubble amid the COVID-19 threat and host of other issues including his role as an opener in T20 cricket for Rajasthan Royals.
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