Twitterati hail Joe Root as England skipper slams a sensational century in the Lord’s Test
Second hundred for Joe Root in this series.
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Continuing his sensational run against India, Joe Root advanced to yet another Test hundred. The England captain put up a batting exhibition in the ongoing second Test and scored runs all over the park. Root indeed paced his knock to perfection as there were hardly any half measures during the course of his knock. While he tackled the challenging deliveries with precision, the veteran didn’t mind dispatching the poor deliveries for boundaries.
Subsequently, Root scripted his name at the Lord’s honours board as the home crowd went berserk. Notably, the England skipper came out to bat at a difficult time. In reply to India’s first-innings score of 364 runs, the home team lost opener Dominic Sibley and comeback man Haseeb Hameed cheaply. In fact, pacer Mohammed Siraj dismissed the duo on consecutive deliveries.
Joe Root plays an innings of high authority
However, Root came out at number four and England forged a comeback. The English skipper first joined forces with opener Rory Burns to rebuild the home side’s innings. While Burns was dismissed just before the stumps on Day 2, Root didn’t lose his concentration. From Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami, no Indian bowler was able to pierce Root’s defenses as the 30-year-old slammed his 22nd Test ton.
Notably, this is Root’s second hundred this series. During the first Test at Trent Bridge, the English skipper made a sublime 109 in England’s second innings. In the same match, the talismanic batsman also scored 64 in the first innings. Hence, this is Root’s third successive score of 50+ and it will be interesting to see how far he goes in this innings.
As far as the ongoing Test is concerned, the contest is perfectly poised. England have crossed the 235-run mark with six wickets in hand. Besides Root, Jonny Bairstow also made a well-compiled half-century. However, Mohammed Siraj dismissed him for 57 to spice up the contest. Notably, the first game of the five-match series resulted in a draw. Hence, the winner of this game will post the first points on the board.
Joe Root’s wicket is certainly a key here. While England would want him to convert his ton into an even more significant knock, Indians would like to dismiss him as soon as possible. Meanwhile, cricket fans worldwide were mighty impressed by Root’s efforts as social media got flooded with praises.
Here’s how Twitterati reacted to Root’s masterclass
ROOOOOOT 🔥
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) August 14, 2021
Rooooooot !! Back to back 💯 @root66 👏👏
— Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) August 14, 2021
Joe Root 🙌🙌
— Azhar Mahmood (@AzharMahmood11) August 14, 2021
What a player @root66 and @klrahul11 scoring hundred on the @HomeOfCricket it’s always been the greatest dream for every player..😍 what a game of test cricket !! Love every bit of it. #commonindia go for win.
— Punam Raut (@raut_punam) August 14, 2021
https://twitter.com/LongyWTID/status/1426536282436608007?s=20
Root second best test batsman currently?
— . (@vp1817) August 14, 2021
Root bas kr kitna khelega🥲
— M.💕 (@foreversleepyzx) August 14, 2021
There was a time when Joe Root used to struggle to convert his fine start.
What a player, absolute Run Machine ❤️#ENGvIND#JoeRoot— Sandip Poudel Pietersen (@PietersenSandip) August 14, 2021
Root to clouds when India's innings got over#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/nQd4ZOG6cG
— Babarcasm🇮🇳 (@LoyalDanelFan) August 14, 2021
Joe Root is the no 1 test player in the World right now.
He is the best among fav 4
He is the best batsman that england got to find after Cook!#ENGvIND— Imsantoshhhh (@Santoshmohan174) August 14, 2021
A special 💯 by a special batsman at a special ground 👏
Root definitely loves batting, especially against 🇮🇳
Tune into #SonyLIV now 👉 https://t.co/E4Ntw2hJX5 📺📲#ENGvsINDonSonyLIV #ENGvIND #JoeRoot #Hundred pic.twitter.com/8MqVahe6tp
— SonyLIV (@SonyLIV) August 14, 2021
What a performance, it's Joe Root vs Ind in test matches here now.
— Nasreen🧕🇧🇩 (@NA__SR__EEN3) August 14, 2021
Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root the Tremendous Three Of Test Cricket 👏 #ENHYPEN_SUNGHOON
— Jeepers Creepers 🇦🇺 🏴 🍁 (@jenzbenzy) August 14, 2021
100 for Root. He is in the Form of his life#EngvInd #WTC23
— Kathiravan (@Kathir184507) August 14, 2021
This is the First Time Joe Root has scored Hundreds in successive Innings in Test Cricket. #INDvENG
— CricketMAN2 (@man4_cricket) August 14, 2021
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