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.
India went in with lone spinner in Ravichandran Ashwin, supporting a three-pronged pace attack in the first Test against England in Birmingham.
England won the toss and decided to bat against India in the opening Test of the five match series in Birmingham on Wednesday. India included in-form KL Rahul in place of seasoned Cheteshwar Pujara, who is yet to score a fifty this season.
Australian media is trolling Indian skipper by posting a video of him getting out in the slips repeatedly.
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.
Virat Kohli, who is the number-two ranked Test batsman in the world, is just 23 runs short of achieving 1,000 runs against England.
In an interview to the GQ India August 2018 issue, Kohli has spoken out about his audacious style which is relished by the millennials.
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.
Tendulkar advised Kohli to continue the way he prepares before a match and not to be bothered about the ups and downs in his form.
The Team India captain's words echoed that of coach Ravi Shastri who has gone on to say that he wants this Indian team to be the best travelling side in world cricket.
Kohli, who has scored runs in Australia, South Africa, apart from his home country, had a forgettable 2014 England tour when he was troubled by the seamers, particularly James Anderson.
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.
The opener was trolled on social media after bagging a pair in the practice match against Essex.
After finishing his own batting session, Kohli advised his teammates on how to tackle the swinging Duke ball in England.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan also wants seasoned opener Alastair Cook to show consistency and skipper Joe Root to convert his starts into monumental knocks.
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