Eng 142-2 (46 overs) vs India |
Scorecard
Root defends the first ball of Reddy's new over with a straight bat.
After two more dots, Root edges one between gully and second slip and the ball races away to the boundary.
Root then defends the remaining two balls as four runs come off it.
The play is halted as the umpires are checking the ball. The ball won't be changed as the umpires are satisfied after putting it through the hoops.
Pope drives uppishly through covers and picks up three runs off Akash Deep's first ball of the over.
A dot later, Root punches one to deep mid-wicket and gets off the strike. Pope then drives the fullish delivery outside off to square and gets a brace.
Appeal for lbw from the bowler but Gill is not convinced.
A dot to end the 6-run over.
The umpires are checking the ball again. The fourth umpire has also come down. And the ball will be changed this time!
Reddy continues and starts off with two dot balls. Root then cuts one through deep backward point four runs. Jaiswal at gully puts in a dive but cannot stop the ball.
Three dots to end the four-run over. Meanwhile, Root has completed 3,000 Test runs against India, the first player to do so.
Akash Deep continues and Pope misses the glance. No run.
After two more dots, Pope pulls one behind the square on the leg side for a boundary.
He follows it up with a tuck through mid-wicket for a single.
Root then plays the final delivery of the over through square leg and scampers for a single to keep the strike. 6 runs come off the over.
Reddy starts the over with a shortish delivery outside off and beats the top edge.
Four! Root completes his fifty in style. He tucks a ball on the leg stump to fine leg boundary and raises his bat.
67th half-century of his Test career.
Two dots later, Root punches one to deep backward point and picks up a single.
Pope then flicks a fullish delivery on the pads and gets off the strike.
6 runs come off the over.
