England trails 1-3 in five-Test series against India.
This comes ahead of the fifth and final Test between the two sides which will be played in Dharamshala from March 7 onwards. England had won the first Test in Hyderabad by 28 runs, but since has lost the next three Tests. They lost in Vizag by 106 runs, in Rajkot by a massive 434 runs, and then in Ranchi by 5 wickets.
But Root remains fully on board with the team’s approach as they prepare for the final Test of the tour in Dharamshala.
“I don’t think this team does ‘regret’. If you look at the last two years since Ben took over as captain and Brendon came in as coach, our batting lineup in particular, the consistency throughout and some of the individual performances have been in stark contrast to what they were before that. The bigger picture is that it’s not about just going out there and blasting it, it’s about how can we get the best out of each other?” Root said on the Sky Sports podcast.
“We’ve found things out we didn’t know before this series. There are things, taking a more long-term view, that have set us up in a good place going forward. Obviously, results are what you’re going to get judged on externally, but there are things that have been very good throughout as well,” Root added.
Joe Root further revealed that he has no regrets over his choice of shot selection and expressed his commitment to maintaining high standards despite the challenges he faced. The premier England batter was slammed for getting out playing a reverse scoop shot on the third day of the Rajkot Test.
He had scored just 77 runs in six innings, but Root redeemed himself with a brilliant century in the fourth Test in Ranchi.
“I have high expectations of myself and until that last Test match, I was way below where I want to be. I felt short of runs, I felt like I’d not contributed how I’d expect myself to and how I wanted to coming into the tour – it’s a part of the world I love batting in and I’ve had previous success here. I tried to just play the game in front of me. I looked at that situation and those conditions there (in Ranchi), and it didn’t need anything flamboyant. It needed someone to be a constant throughout and try to keep a calm feel to things,” he added.
(IANS inputs)