England captain Joe Root is having the purplest of patches imaginable as he slammed his third consecutive century in the ongoing Test series against India as he reached the three-figure mark in the third Test at Headingley.
After England resumed from 120/0 on day two of the third Test, India managed to break through thanks to Mohammad Shami clean bowling Rory Burns for 61 runs. Haseeb Hameed followed soon, being castled by Ravindra Jadeja for 68 runs.
However, then Joe Root and comeback man Dawid Malan added 139 runs for the third wicket as Malan slammed 70 runs before being caught behind by Rishabh Pant off Mohammed Siraj.
Joe Root however continued to torment Indian bowlers as he kept scoring at a decent rate against the best of that India could offer. He reached his century, which was his sixth in this calendar year, in 124 balls with 12 fours to his name.
Joe Root has more than 1300 runs this year and equaled the record for most centuries by an England captain with 12 and is now tied with Alastair Cook. This was his 4th century against India this year and the second time he scored 3 hundreds in 3 consecutive Tests.
There was nothing but praise for Joe Root on social media and cricket experts showered the England captain generously with laurels on his amazing ton.
Here are some of the tweets:
