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ENG vs IND 2021: “What A Player” – Twitter Erupts As Joe Root Hits Consecutive Hundreds Against India

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ENG vs IND 2021: “What A Player” – Twitter Erupts As Joe Root Hits Consecutive Hundreds Against India
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England skipper Joe Root scored his twenty-second hundred in Test cricket. The right-hander is batting on 117* off 217 deliveries in the second test match against India at the Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Joe Root steered a short of a length delivery from Jasprit Bumrah for a single to get to his hundred. The England skipper punched in the air and raised his arms to celebrate his consecutive hundred in the series. Root got together with Jonny Bairstow to put a 120-run stand for the fourth wicket partnership before Mohammad Siraj dismissed the latter.

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Joe Root became the player with the most hundreds against India in Test matches. This was his seventh hundred in thirty-nine innings. The England skipper crossed the 9000 runs mark in Test cricket and became the second England player to achieve this feat. He is also the second youngest after Alastair Cook to score 9000 Test runs.

In the ongoing test match at Lord’s, England is less than 100 runs behind India’s 364 in the first innings. Wicket-keeper batsman Jos Buttler joined Joe Root at the crease after the fall of Jonny Bairstow’s wicket. England will be determined to take the vital first-innings lead in this test match.

Here is how Twitter reacted to Joe Root’s century:Ā 

Former Indian cricketer Anjum Chopra lauded the England skipper. She wrote,

Joe Rootā€¦ what a player. 100 number 22nd for the England captain. He leads the charge @HomeOfCricket @ECB_cricket #ENGvIND”

Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan called Joe Root as the best role model. He wrote,

The best role model we have had .. @root66 is a delight .. hope all kids are trying to emulate the way he is & goes about his business..#ENGvIND”


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