India is facing England in the third Test of the five-match Test series at Roskot. After the 1-1 tie, both the teams are competing against each other in the third match. Despite the good performance of both the teams, the series has not been good for England’s star batsman Joe Root with the bat so far.

This right-handed batsman has scored only 70 runs in five innings, in which his highest score is 29 runs. Amidst this poor batting, on the third day he lost his wicket while attempting a reverse scoop on Bumrah’s ball. After which the veterans criticized him fiercely.

It is worth noting that Joe Root has been more successful with the ball than with batting. He has taken seven wickets so far in the series. And former Indian cricketer has pulled up Joe Root on this issue. While commenting, he took a dig at Root.

Ravi Shastri said on air, “Joe Root has bowled 89 overs in this Test series, which is more than the runs he has scored.”

Root’s scoop shot remains a topic of discussion

Let us tell you that Joe Root’s scoop shot remained a topic of discussion in the cricket world. One news headline described the shot as ‘the stupidest in English Test history’. Star Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj also gave his reaction on this.

Siraj was quoted by NDTV as saying, Ben Duckett’s partnership with Root was growing, if he had played a little more it would have been difficult for us. But suddenly he played a shot which looked unplayable.

He further said that, but it was good for us and after that there was a good partnership between Ben Foakes and Ben Stokes and then Stokes played a shot which got him out and we came into the game from there.