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Root took up the double fifth century of his career.
Even at the end of the second day of the Chennai Test, Indian bowlers were left in despair by Joe Root’s remarkable feat. Because even after playing at home, Virat Kohli hasn’t been able to beat England so far.
At the end of the day, the visiting team lost 8 wickets and scored 555 runs.
England, who lost three wickets in the first inning of the first round of the series at MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday (February 8), was eliminated by 263. And the 128-race undefeated route picked up the fifth century double of their career. . He averaged 124 for the fourth wicket with Ben Stokes and an eight-run partnership with Oli Pope for the fifth wicket.
Before being thrown by Shahbaz Nadeem, the captain played an undefeated inning of 218 runs on 19 balls with 19 fours and 2 sixes. England Test captain Joe Root made history by scoring a double century in the 100th Innings Test. No one else has played such a huge inning in Test 100 in Test cricket’s 144-year history.
Root completed his double century with an Ashwin six. Previously, the legendary Pakistani batsman, Inzamam-ul-Haq, had scored a maximum of 164 runs in the 100th Test.
Stokes also scored 72 runs. The star off-roader hit 10 fours and 3 sixes of 117 balls and fell victim to Nadeem.
At the end of the day, Dom Base left the field undefeated with 26 and Jack Leach with 6.
Among the Indian bowlers, Ishant Sharma, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rabichandran Ashwin and Nadeem took two wickets each.
Bangladesh time: 1848 hours, February 8, 2021
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