IND vs ENG LIVE Score – Day 3 – Joe Root’s Challenge: Will Joe Root guide England to big total or India bowlers will get rid of their big nemesis? The 2nd Test Match at LORD’s is evenly poised with England ending Day 2 on 119/3 in reply to India’s 1st Innings total of 364. Will Virat Kohli’s India get a grip over the match or will it be England, all will be dependent on the prized wicket of one man JOE ROOT. If India can get Root early today they can have their nose ahead in the Lord’s test – Follow all LIVE Updates on IND vs ENG Day 3 of 2nd Test on InsideSport.co
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@3 PM: Virat Kohli & Co begin warm-up.
Hello everyone, and welcome to Day 3 of what is a beautifully poised Test match. India currently have a lead of 245.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) August 14, 2021
IND vs ENG LIVE Score – Why Joe Root’s wicket is so important for India?
Joe Root unbeaten 48 and Roy Burns gutsy 49-knock helped England to claw their way back against India on the second day of the 2nd Test here at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Friday. At stumps, England’s score read 119/3 as they trail by 245 runs with Joe Root(48*) and Jonny Bairstow(6*) currently unbeaten at the crease after 45 overs.
Check why Root’s wicket will be key to the outcome of INDIA vs ENGLAND Test – One needs to see the below stats to understand the importance of Root’s wicket for both teams.
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Root in recent times has been a tough nut to crack against India. He not only average better when he plays against India in comparison to his career average – but also score big daddy hundred’s
In England, his performance vs India further improves and that is what makes his wicket so important for the Indian bowlers today & may end up deciding the outcome of the Lords test.
JOE ROOT’s RECORD vs INDIA
- Overall – Matches 107 / Runs 8935 / Av 49.36 / 100’s – 21
- vs India – Matches 22 / Runs 2010 / Av 57.42 / 100’s – 6
- vs India in Eng – Matches 12 / Runs 1058 / Av 66.12 / 100’s – 4
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rory Burns | 49 | 136 | 7 | 0 | 36.03 | |
| Dom Sibley | 11 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Haseeb Hameed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Joe Root (C) | 48 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 64.00 | |
| Jonny Bairstow | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| Extra | 5 (b 0, w 0, nb 3, lb 2) | |||||
| Total | 119/3 (45) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishant Sharma | 11 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 2.91 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 9 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2.56 |
| Mohammed Shami | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 2.75 |
| Mohammed Siraj | 13 | 4 | 34 | 2 | 2.62 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.50 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Dom Sibley | 1-23 | 14.2 |
| H Hameed | 2-23 | 14.3 |
| Rory Burns | 3-108 | 41.2 |
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 83 | 145 | 11 | 1 | 57.24 | |
| KL Rahul | 129 | 250 | 12 | 1 | 51.60 | |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| Virat Kohli (C) | 42 | 103 | 3 | 0 | 40.78 | |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | |
| Rishabh Pant (WK) | 37 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 63.79 | |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 40 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Mohammed Shami | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ishant Sharma | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 27.59 | |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Mohammed Siraj | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 15 (b 8, w 0, nb 2, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 364/10 (126.1) | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 29 | 7 | 62 | 5 | 2.14 |
| Ollie Robinson | 33 | 10 | 73 | 2 | 2.21 |
| Sam Curran | 22 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 3.27 |
| Mark Wood | 24.1 | 2 | 91 | 2 | 3.77 |
| Moeen Ali | 18 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 2.94 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Rohit Sharma | 1-126 | 43.4 |
| CA Pujara | 2-150 | 49.6 |
| Virat Kohli | 3-267 | 84.4 |
| KL Rahul | 4-278 | 90.2 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 5-282 | 91.1 |
| Rishabh Pant | 6-331 | 109.6 |
| M Shami | 7-336 | 110.5 |
| Ishant Sharma | 8-362 | 123.6 |
| JJ Bumrah | 9-364 | 125.6 |
| RA Jadeja | 10-364 | 126.1 |
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