"RIP Bazball" - Twitter reacts as Joe Root slams his 31st Test hundred in Ranchi

Fans on Twitter reacted after England batter Joe Root slammed a sensational ton in the ongoing fourth Test against India. The penultimate game of the five-match Test series between the teams is taking place at the Jharkhand Cricket Association complex in Ranchi.

Joe Root has lifted the monkey off his back with his sensational innings in the first innings of the Ranchi Test. The batter was under a lot of pressure ahead of the match due to his poor outings but he made sure that he shuts up all the noise.

Opting to bat first, England were tumbling at 57/3 and it was then when Joe Root stepped up. The batter got slowly into the groove and once he was in he set the stage on fire and made India bowlers look clueless. He held the fort for his team while wickets kept tumbling at the other end.

Joe Root, who was trying to play attacking cricket in the last three games, returned to his old self in the ongoing game. The batter looked solid at the crease as he played crisp shots in his innings and made India bowlers think a lot with his staggering stroke play in the game.

Joe Root first notched up a valiant half-century and with that, he became the batter with the most 50+ scores in England Test history. He, however, made sure that he didn’t stop there as he went further ahead and notched up a blistering century in the game.

Joe Root brought up his 31st Test century in 219 balls and became the first batter in the history of the game to slam 10 Test hundreds against India. He ton assured that England go past 250 runs on the board. The batter at the of writing this piece had slammed 9 fours in his innings.

Fans on Twitter react as Joe Root slams his 31st Test ton

As England batter Joe Root slammed a sensational century in the ongoing fourth Test against India in Ranchi, fans on Twitter reacted to it. They lauded the batter for his innings and praised him for stepping up at a crucial juncture for the team. Here are some of the reactions.

RIP bazball. Bazballers spend the last week saying Root plays his best under the system and after the usual soft wickets Root goes back to his old way of batting and gets a wonderful hundred.

— Brett (@CreamyGoodne55) February 23, 2024

Joe Root is the first player in Test history to smash 10 Hundreds against India. 🤯🔥 pic.twitter.com/Pg4kvcxhKG

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) February 23, 2024

Joe Root becomes the first England player to complete 19,000 international runs.

– The greatest ever from England. 👏 pic.twitter.com/XXHnS4jdRO

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 23, 2024

This is more like the Joe Root we know. Can't keep such a class player quiet for long.
PS: Two 'scoops' of ice cream for Joe at stumps please 😉 Well played @root66 👏🏽 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/yLiQQcqHoF

— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) February 23, 2024

Joe Root should be proud of this 100 – an anti dote to Bazball
His 31st overall, and 10th vs India#IndvsEng

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) February 23, 2024

This is the Joe Root mode that win you Test matches! Glue mode. Let the rest play Bazz Ball.

Good start from India. Good fight from Eng. Setting up for a good Test match

— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17) February 23, 2024

Joe Root 50*(114) today after scoring 77 in the last 6 innings pic.twitter.com/sMhrSHZol4

— arfan (@Im__Arfan) February 23, 2024

We are back hundred for test 🐐
Hundred for Joe Root#INDvENG #ROOT#gntm #INDvsENG pic.twitter.com/A4SCROIQsk

— sport 56 (@AmreenLiakat) February 23, 2024

A brilliant Joe Root hundred led England’s fightback
Good 👍 #WTC25 #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/nwrDDj6smY

— Pushpendra Chahar (@Pushpendra8454) February 23, 2024

Joe Root ton. You need talent to be as good as he's proven to be, but you need character too. He has both in spades.

— Francis Cottam (@fgcottam) February 23, 2024

Finally a good knock from Joe Root

— Abdullah (@abdullahayyaz) February 23, 2024

The Name is Joe Root 🦁❤️ #ENGvsIND pic.twitter.com/4CW4itMxMK

— Agnyathavaasi (@ThisisHarsha_) February 23, 2024

Joe Root to the press after today #EngVsInd pic.twitter.com/Jk7MBbErET

— Joe (@joebrookes2) February 23, 2024

Joe Root desperately wanted to show that bazball is not the real form of playing cricket by getting out playing aggressively again and again 😂

Today he played the actual test cricket 🏏

He's a GOAT for England in current era and no one can deny this fact🙌 #joeRoot #INDvsENG

— Keshav Kashyap🚀 (@Keshav_killer) February 23, 2024

Monumental effort from Joe Root.
Now we can go back to those tweets when people called him a fraud after a lean patch in the beginning of the series. Well now you all look like fools

— Abdullah (@abdullahhammad4) February 23, 2024

Joe Root pic.twitter.com/PMuKVuePef

— Veer (@_veerrr____) February 23, 2024

form is temporary. Class is permanent.
Joe Root is back! #INDvsENG @TheBarmyArmy @cricketontnt

— Christopher Rigby (@rigbycf) February 23, 2024

Joe Root when Jasprit Bumrah is 😭🤣#INDvsENG #indveng pic.twitter.com/j4e7cYInO0

— Ritikk ✨ (@RitikkSaha69759) February 23, 2024

King joe root

— Hassan♥️🇵🇰 (@NoorUlH66402042) February 23, 2024

Joe Root has now scored 10 Test centuries against India! Look at Ben Stokes' reaction, it means so much 🇮🇳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️❤️❤️#INDvsENG #tapmad #HojaoAdFree#SydneyTSTheErasTour pic.twitter.com/tZQiYBF6mj

— Farat (@IKandMAmirfan) February 23, 2024