How Old-Fashioned Joe Root Shunned ‘Bazball’ To Save The Day For England | Cricket News
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Joe Root did not bring out the sweep shot until he faced his 115th ball on a clement Friday at Ranchi and unleashed only a solitary reverse sweep while constructing a slow-burning hundred to save the day for England. Root's unbeaten 106 off 226 balls, which was made at a strike rate of 46.90, was, perhaps, the most anti-Bazball innings that might have been played in the Brendon McCullum era. But then Root needed to rediscover that dogged Yorkie inside him - for himself and the team.
He entered the fourth Test against India on the back of 29, 2, 5, 16, 18, 7 in his last Test inning...