The muck-up about Joe Root’s post: Last night witnessed a historic scene at Lord’s as India scripted a remarkable victory against England as they went up 1-0 ahead in the Test series. It needed some dramatic turnaround to make the impossible happen.
As India went into the final day of the Test match, they were up against not just England but a glacial crowd, waiting to seize every single moment of jeer and catcall. Things aggravated for the Indian team as Rishabh Pant and Ishant Sharma were shown the exit much earlier than anticipated.
However, India took hold of affairs with an extraordinary partnership between Mohammad Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. The duo stitched together an incredible 89 runs stand for the ninth wicket, also becoming the highest ninth-wicket partnership in Test cricket for India.
Shami played a few delightful strokes and conjured a titanic six to reach his half-century and Bumrah played the perfect anchor to defy the English bowling an iota of space en route to their remarkable lead of 258.
England was jolted to a rude awakening as their opening pair was sent back to the pavilion for naught. The middle-order couldn’t really jumpstart the ship despite an initial band of resistance and as soon as Root was gone, England was staring at a dark and cold day ahead.
Despite Jos Buttler and Moeen Ali try to cook some overhaul, it wasn’t enough as Mohammad Siraj ripped through the tail and helped India to inflict an empathic 151 run victory against the hosts. With this victory, Kohli became the third captain to win a Test at Lord’s as the previous ones were Dhoni and Kapil Dev.
This is what happened with Joe Root’s post
However, after the match, an old post of English Test skipper, Joe Root has gone viral and it has really cracked up the Indians given the match’s outcomes.
England skipper Joe Root says a clean sweep against the top two sides in Test cricket — #India and #NewZealand — will be the best preparation for the iconic Ashes series against arch rivals Australia later this year.https://t.co/mMfnsRP1tq
— The Hindu – Sports (@TheHinduSports) June 2, 2021
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In an erstwhile post, Joe Root stated that there will be no better preparation for the English team for the imminent Ashes than inflicting a clean sweep of the Indian team.
Most likely, they forgot that India is the World Test Championship 2019-21 finalists and the quality of Indian cricketers is far more than they could have comprehended.
No better preparation for ashes for clean sweep in india,nz -joe root once said🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
— Aryan sood (@Aryanexists) August 17, 2021
We have always heard captains trash-talking ahead of the tournament and this simply backfired on Joe Root as India just pulled off the impossible. Not everyone gets to be the Connor McGregor of cricket and walk away.
