{"id":2898,"date":"2024-01-27T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T07:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=2898"},"modified":"2024-01-27T15:18:05","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T07:18:05","slug":"joe-root-sporadic-role-hampers-england-vs-dominant-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/cricket\/joe-root-sporadic-role-hampers-england-vs-dominant-india\/","title":{"rendered":"England is reeling from Joe Root&#8217;s part-time involvement against dominating India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the series opener against India, England opted for three specialist spinners, but it was their handling of part-time bowler Joe Root that caught the attention on the second day of play. England captain Ben Stokes had initially planned to use Root, an off-spinner, to counter India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, given the challenge left-handed batters face against off-spin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Live football scores<\/a> \u2013 Stay updated now.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in Thursday&#8217;s final session, Root played the role of the designated ball-shiner while Jaiswal took on England&#8217;s inexperienced spin attack, particularly targeting debutant Tom Hartley. Former India spinner Anil Kumble and ex-England captain Kevin Pietersen criticized the decision, suggesting that England missed an opportunity by not utilizing Root&#8217;s off-spin earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England corrected their approach on the second day, starting with Root, and it paid off as he dismissed Jaiswal with his fourth delivery. Despite the early success, England missed a chance for Root to take more wickets, with wicketkeeper Ben Foakes dropping a tough catch from KL Rahul and Stokes losing sight of a miscued shot from Shubman Gill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Root had created pressure on the Indian batters, he was surprisingly removed from the bowling attack after a tidy opening spell. He was later brought back for a couple of overs before lunch, but by then, Rahul and Shreyas Iyer were well-set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many observers, Root&#8217;s sudden withdrawal from the bowling attack was as perplexing as his delayed introduction. The former England captain eventually dismissed Srikar Bharat and finished with bowling figures of 2-77.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England&#8217;s bowling coach, Jeetan Patel, highlighted the valuable attribute of Joe Root, stating, &#8220;The advantage of having Joe Root is his understanding of how to generate opportunities. Joe possesses the ability to strategize on how to take wickets and alter the course of a game.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patel continued, &#8220;What we witnessed today is quintessential Joe Root \u2013 a player who seizes opportunities. Although he may concede boundaries, that is characteristic of Joe Root&#8217;s bowling style. He delivers attacking deliveries, poses challenging questions to the batsmen, and, in my opinion, he was outstanding today.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the series opener against India, England opted for three specialist spinners, but it was their handling of part-time bowler Joe Root that caught the attention on the second day of play. England captain Ben Stokes had initially planned to use Root, an off-spinner, to counter India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, given the challenge left-handed batters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"In the series opener against India, England used three specialist spinners, but the handling of part-time bowler Joe Root stood out on day two.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[89,85,81,149,744,1324,1382,1338,1383],"class_list":["post-2898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-2024","tag-cricket-news","tag-england","tag-india","tag-joe-root","tag-kevin-pietersen","tag-kl-rahul","tag-shreyas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}