Root strikes thirty eighth Check hundred as England pile distress on India

Joe Root racked up his thirty eighth hundred as England prolonged their dominance over India by reaching 433/4 at tea on day three of the fourth Check in Manchester’s Previous Trafford on Friday.

Washington Sundar acquired the ball to float and removed Ollie Pope (71 off 128 balls) and Harry Brook (3 off 12) after lunch, offering a lot wanted reduction for India after a wicketless morning session.

Root (121 batting off 201), nevertheless, continued to pile on the runs and reached three figures with a 4 down the leg aspect off Anshul Kamboj, laying the inspiration for the hosts’ 75-run lead.

Minutes later, he additionally surpassed Ricky Ponting to change into the second highest run-scorer in Checks, leaving him solely behind Sachin Tendulkar, who amassed 15,921 runs.

India employed spinners Washington and Ravindra Jadeja from each ends regardless of taking the brand new ball. The transfer labored as Sundar had Pope caught at first slip earlier than having Brook stumped as he couldn’t join on the cost.

Root selected to play on the backfoot when the spinners have been in operation and used the reverse sweep successfully. In the direction of the tip of the session, Root took a single off Kamboj to get previous the nice Ponting within the all time main run getters checklist.

England captain Ben Stokes (36 batting off 68) chugged alongside on the different finish as he and Root shared an unbeaten 84-run alliance for the fifth wicket.