Ravi Shastri’s painful on-air ‘Root’ canal as Bazballers bow right down to India: ‘Joe has extra overs than runs’

Have you ever seen Joe Root? The one who slammed a file double ton to crush Group India again in 2021 at Chennai. The one with over 11,000 Check runs to his identify. Not the one who’s being castigated for enjoying the ‘stupidest’ shot after England suffered one other surprising collapse towards India on Day 3 of the third Check at Rajkot. Going through a torrent of criticism following his batting no-show, Root was referred to as out by former India head coach Ravi Shastri when the Englishman rolled his arms within the closing session on Saturday.

Ravi Shastri’s painful on-air ‘Root’ canal

Working as certainly one of England’s frontline spinners within the five-match Check sequence, Root bagged the jackpot wicket of skipper Rohit Sharma within the 2nd innings. Root castled Rohit for 19 off 28 balls to open his account in India’s second essay at Rajkot. With captain Ben Stokes handing the ball to Root previous to the tip of the ultimate session, celebrated commentator Shastri identified a loopy statistic concerning the former England skipper. Curiously, Root has bowled extra overs than he has runs underneath his belt within the five-match Check sequence towards hosts India. “Joe Root has bowled 89 overs on this Check sequence, which is greater than the runs he scored,” Shastri identified Root’s bitter-sweet run within the India sequence on-air.

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England ‘Rooting’ for Joe – the bowler

Root bowled 16 overs and leaked 70 runs in India’s 1st innings. The spinner was profitable in dismissing Ravindra Jadeja, who performed a masterful knock of 112 to assist India publish 445 within the 1st innings. Root bowled 14 overs on Day 3 of the third Check at Rajkot. He conceded 48 runs and picked up the prized scalp of the Indian skipper within the eleventh over. Root is the fifth highest-wicket taker within the bilateral Check sequence. The previous England captain has extra wickets (7) than James Anderson, Kuldeep Yadav and Mark Wooden within the five-game sequence.

Even Rehan Ahmed has scored extra runs than Root!

Extending his abysmal run in India, Root perished after reverse-scooping pacer Jasprit Bumrah straight to second slip in England’s 1st innings. Root scored 18 off 31 balls as Ben Duckett-starrer England folded for 319 in 71.1 overs. The 31-year-old was outsmarted by Bumrah for the ninth time within the longest format. Since his memorable double ton at Chennai, Root has didn’t cross the 50-run mark in his final 12 innings towards India away from house. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal plucked Root’s catch earlier than hammering the England bowlers and notching up his third Check ton at Rajkot. Out-of-favour batter KS Bharat, spinner Rehan Ahmed and all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin have scored extra runs than Root within the Check sequence. The veteran England batter solely has 70 runs to his identify within the India sequence.