Former India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar heaped praise on England batter Joe Root while flagging him as one of the main threats for India in the upcoming IND vs ENG Tests. Rohit Sharma and co will take on England in a five-match Test series that will commence from January 25.
IND vs ENG: Root and reverse scoop threat
During a discussion on Star Sports, the former India cricketer elaborated on how Root have evolved as a cricketer, pointing out at his reverse scoop shots in Test cricket. Gavaskar said that it was not expected of the former England skipper who was considered to be an orthodox player. Further, he pointed out that the most of the greats who were from Yorkshire were players who were technically rich.
“He (Joe Root) has evolved his game. He is now playing reverse scoop in Test cricket. It was not expected from him as he is a very orthodox cricketer. He belongs to Yorkshire where generally orthodox cricketers come from,” Gavaskar said.
“But from the past two years, Root has been revers scooping. So if a batter has that much confidence to hit a good ball to a six with a reverse scoop, so you have to be aware of such batter,” he added.
England Squad for India Tests: Ben Stokes, James Anderson, Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Jonny Bairstow, Shoib Bashir, *Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes (wk), Tom Hartley, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Dan Lawerence.
- *Likely to join at a later stage.
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