Twitter Hails Joe Root For His Imperious 21st Test Ton Against India In Nottingham

England Test skipper Joe Root, on Saturday, once again displayed just why he is one of the best batters of the modern era.

In what was a world-class display of batsmanship against a world-class bowling attack, Root smashed 21st Test ton and his first in three years on home soil to put England on top in the Nottingham Test.

Root had come into bat at a time when England had lost two quick wickets in the form of Rory Burns and Zak Crawley and they were still in the deficit.

However, the English captain picked off from where he had left in the first innings and launched a sustained counterattack on Indian bowlers.

The moment that he and all England fans had been waiting for finally came in the post Tea session when Root drove Shardul Thakur down the ground.

This is Joe Root’s 4th Test hundred in this calendar year and he has now scored 10 Test tons as an English skipper.

Root kick-started the year on an imperious note as he smashed a match-winning double hundred in Galle before backing it up with another daddy hundred.

He smashed another double hundred in Chennai to help England notch up a commanding win.

Root’s form tapered off in the next 5 Tests and, as a result, England lost each of those matches.

Root’s 109 have put England in a commanding position with them having a lead of 174.

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Here’s how Twitter reacted-

Joe Root's six Test 100s against India have come either in the 1st match of the series or the fifth
154* Trent Bridge 2014 (1st match)
149* The Oval 2014 (5th)
124 Rajkot 2016 (1st)
125 The Oval 2018 (5th)
218 Chennai 2021 (1st)
100* Nottingham today (1st) #EngvInd#IndvEng

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 7, 2021

Special ? for Root. Steering the ship again #ENGvIND

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) August 7, 2021

Absolutely outstanding century from Joe Root. In his first Test at Trent Bridge as a Trent Rockets player too

— Tim Wigmore (@timwig) August 7, 2021

A fluent hundred on a tricky pitch against a world class attack from England’s best batsman of the 21st century. Well in Joe Root.

— Ben (@LongyWTID) August 7, 2021

This is the first time Root has scored 4 tons in a single year. His previous best of 3 he had managed 3 times from 2014-2016. Those 9 tons were accompanied by 23 50s.

— James McCaghrey (@McLovinstatto) August 7, 2021

Englishmen to make 4+ Test tons in a calendar year across the last decade:

Alastair Cook – 2012
Moeen Ali – 2016
Joe Root – 2021#ENGvIND

— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst) August 7, 2021

A wonderful hundred from Joe Root, one of his best. It's his 4th of the year, and England's 5th (which says it all really).

— Will Macpherson (@willis_macp) August 7, 2021

That is quite simply an outstanding century from Joe Root. An innings of the highest class. And the celebration tells you exactly what it means to him. Quality batting under intense pressure. Will it help England save or even WIN this Test Match…? #ENGvIND

— Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) August 7, 2021

https://twitter.com/im_yash2307/status/1424033270920929286?s=19

Four hundreds in a calendar year for ENG captain (Tests) —

Graham Gooch in 1990
Michael Atherton in 1994
Andrew Strauss in 2009
JOE ROOT in 2021 *#ENGvIND

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) August 7, 2021

This has been incredible inning so far by Joe Root. Completed his century. pic.twitter.com/Tz8ks4dder

— Vinayak ? (@NextBiIIionairs) August 7, 2021

ROOOOOOOOOOT!!! ?

Incredible innings from our captain @root66!!

Scorecard/Clips: https://t.co/sXR4xn97Ai#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/wIej8QuOMU

— England Cricket (@englandcricket) August 7, 2021

First Test hundred for Joe Root at home since September 2018!

In the same period, he hit six tons abroad, three of which were double hundreds.#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/qbYMZZTQUV

— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) August 7, 2021

Perhaps the best I have seen Root play v the moving ball.

Whenever he had a chance, he was on the front foot.

— Bharath Ramaraj (@Fancricket12) August 7, 2021

What a FANTASTIC 100 ????????????
Batted lad – what a great contest this is. Test Cricket love ❤️

— Annie Chave (@AnnieChave) August 7, 2021

https://twitter.com/RyanIke4/status/1424033824510332931?s=19

The smile of @root66 tells me it is just a game we are watching. Terrific player too. Well played @englandcricket Test Skipper. #ENGvsIND

— Pritam Kumar Sinha (@BihariBritish) August 7, 2021