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Team India registered a comfortable 106-run victory over England in the second Test to level the five-match series 1-1. After the batting exploits of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, it was pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who finished with the magnificent figures of 9/91 (two innings) and helped India claim a win. However, there is a point to worry for the hosts as their skipper Rohit Sharma failed to deliver a strong performance in both the matches. Apart from him, star batter Virat Kohli also missed the first two matches due to personal reasons and there’s no confirmation regarding his return for the remaining matches.
Recently, England star batter Joe Root called Rohit and Virat “the greats of the modern era” and stated that the Three Lions would look to keep them quiet in the entire series.
“You mentioned two of the greats of the modern era. Of course, there’s going to be focus. We know how good they are and they are also very senior within this current Indian batting lineup. So clearly they’ve got a big role to play within this Test team,” Root said while speaking to JioCinema.
“You want to make sure that you try and get on top of them early. They’ve got the ability to get big scores and we’ve been on the wrong end of that a few times, so it would be nice to try and keep them as quiet as we can throughout the series,” he added.
Root, who is yet to make big runs in the ongoing Test series against India, has fully bought into England’s aggressive style of play in the longest format.
“We don’t really do team meetings anymore. That’s one of the great things about how we do all of our conversations away from the game and just that enjoyment and buzz about spending time with each other,” said Root.
“We don’t have to sit in a meeting room and I think it’s more authentic and more genuine when you can have it around a dinner table. Having a coffee in the morning or whatever, I think that’s when you do your best learning,” he added.
The third Test between India and England will kick-start from February 15 in Rajkot.
(With PTI Inputs)
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