ENG vs IND: Twitterverse Reacts As Joe Root Hits A Sublime Ton As England Near Victory In Fifth Test

England batter Joe Root continued his purple patch from 2021 in 2022 as well as he slammed his fifth century this year and this one came in the rescheduled fifth Test match against India at Edgbaston on July 5, 2022.

England resumed on day 4 with 119 runs needed and wiped off 39 of those in the first 30 minutes of play as Indian bowlers sprayed the ball all over the park. Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root continued from where they had left on day four as Jasprit Bumrah, the Indian captain looked clueless against the two experienced England batters as the game slipped from the visitors’ hands.

Ben Stokes had set up the game for England by picking 4 wickets and bringing the third innings to a close much earlier than expected. Everyone was expecting India to post a target of over 400 atleast, but the batting which had done so well in the first innings, crumbled against the England bowling pressure and were bowled out for 245 runs, leading by just 377 runs.

Joe Root Slams 11th Century In Last 24 Test Matches, Twitterverse Applauds

Joe Root has been in purple form this year which he has carried over from 2021 when he scored a bagful of runs both in England and outside England as well. He started off with 115*, 176, and 86* against New Zealand in the three-Test series recently and carried over that into this match as well, as he scored 31 in the first innings and now hit another century.

He has received huge support from Jonny Bairstow as well, who is on verge of his second hundred of the match, following his innings saving 106 in the first innings.

During his knock, Root went past Virat Kohli’s record of most runs in one England-India Test series. Kohli had scored 655 runs in 2016 and Root broke that record with 564 came in the first four matches which were played last year before the series got suspended midway due to Covid-19 cases emerging inside the Indian bio-bubble.

The Twitterverse was all praises for the former England captain Joe Root and here are the best tweets for you.

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Here are the tweets:

4th Test hundred of the series for this amazing Run machine, Joe Root. The best test batsman in the world right now #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/aypOmWLFTW

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 5, 2022

Just about sums it up.
The Fab Four may now need a new order. #INDvENG #Root pic.twitter.com/fuvuXKBPmU

— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) July 5, 2022

Indian bowlers to batting of Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow #INDvENG pic.twitter.com/sox1zFJT9E

— Sarcaster ?? (@sarcaster_) July 5, 2022

He is getting better & better … which is a ridiculous thing to say about Englands greatest … #Rrrrroooooooottttttttttt #ENGvIND

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 5, 2022

600+ runs, 3 hundreds, 2 fifties from 9 innings in this Test series against India for Joe Root.

— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) July 4, 2022

Joe Root has scored more Test hundreds since the start of 2021 (11) than Mike Gatting and Paul Collingwood did in their careers (10) ?

— Matt Roller (@mroller98) July 5, 2022

A MASTER AT WORK ?

Joe Root reaches his 28th Test ? pic.twitter.com/Foox8o3DHM

— Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) July 5, 2022

Yet another masterclass from @root66 he really is #differentgravy #ENGvIND

— Alex Tudor (@alextudorcoach) July 5, 2022

He is getting better & better … which is a ridiculous thing to say about Englands greatest … #Rrrrroooooooottttttttttt #ENGvIND

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) July 5, 2022

Joe Root is absolute Run machine. Brilliant ?

— Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) July 5, 2022

A great, calming, get-the-job-done hundred from Root – sheer class….

— Derek Pringle (@derekpringle) July 5, 2022

The conversion master these days! #root #ENGvIND

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) July 5, 2022