Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 05, 2024, 15:00 IST
England batter Joe Root revealed that he has no regrets over his selection of shot choice and expressed his dedication to sustaining excessive requirements regardless of the challenges he confronted.
Root was closely criticised for getting out to a reverse scoop on the third day of the Rajkot Test. His dismissals triggered a collapse for England, who went from 207-2 to 319 all out, conceding a 126-run lead to India in a match they’d finally lose by 434 runs.
The 33-year-old, identified for his classical strategy to batting, has confronted heavy scrutiny after scoring simply 77 runs in six innings. Root, nonetheless, returned to kind along with his thirty first Test hundred within the fourth Test in Ranchi however it failed to forestall England from a third-straight loss as they went down by 5 wickets in a nerve-wracking end on the fourth day.
“I have high expectations of myself and until that last Test match I was way below where I want to be,” Root advised Sky Sports forward of the fifth and Final Test in Dharamshala, beginning from March 7.
“I felt short of runs, I felt like I’d not contributed how I’d expect myself to and how I wanted to coming into the tour – it’s a part of the world I love batting in and I’ve had previous success here.
“I tried to just play the game in front of me. I looked at that situation and those conditions there (in Ranchi), and it didn’t need anything flamboyant. It needed someone to be a constant throughout and try to keep a calm feel to things,” he added.
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England’s 5-wicket loss in Ranchi, which made India seal the collection with a 3-1 unassailable lead, has raised questions in regards to the effectiveness of England’s aggressive technique ‘Bazball’ on Indian wickets.
But Root stays totally on board with the group’s strategy as they put together for the ultimate Test of the tour in Dharamshala.
“I don’t think this team does ‘regret’. If you look at the last two years since Ben took over as captain and Brendon came in as coach, our batting lineup in particular, the consistency throughout and some of the individual performances have been in stark contrast to what they were before that.”
“The bigger picture is that it’s not about just going out there and blasting it, it’s about how can we get the best out of each other?
“We’ve found things out we didn’t know before this series. There are things, taking a more long-term view, that have set us up in a good place going forward. Obviously, results are what you’re going to get judged on externally, but there are things that have been very good throughout as well,” stated Root.
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