IND vs ENG 2024: ‘If reverse-scoop had happened…’- Sunil Gavaskar made fun of Joe Root after scoring a century in Ranchi Test
The Indian cricket team performed very poorly on the second day of the Ranchi Test. Joe Root and Sunil Gavaskar. (Image Source: Getty Images) England’s Test tour of India 2024, IND vs ENG: Former Indian captain and commentator Sunil Gavaskar (Sunil Gavaskar) Joe Root () for a brilliant century in the fourth Test being played between India and England in Ranchi.Joe Root) while praising him, pulled the leg of the former English captain in a very spectacular manner. Let us tell you, Joe Root scored the 31st century of his career in the Ranchi Test while playing traditional Test cricket as opposed to England’s baseball. Root showed great patience and resilience during his unbeaten 122 off 274 balls and helped his team score 353 runs in the first innings. It was a proper test match innings: Sunil Gavaskar on Joe Root’s century Meanwhile, great batsman Sunil Gavaskar described Joe Root’s innings as a proper Test innings, but he made fun of the experienced England batsman and said that he would have seen him playing reverse-scoop while completing his century. Wanted to see. Sunil Gavaskar said during commentary in the Ranchi Test: “Yes, of course it is a great innings. This was a proper test match innings. You can call it an old-fashioned Test match innings. But I have to say I’m a little disappointed. Yes, I am disappointed, because I really wanted Joe Root to play a scoop shot, a reverse-scoop, to complete his century. Get to 99, play the reverse-scoop, and then get to a century, and then the fans would shout ‘Rooo’. Especially on the right side of our commentary box (England’s commentary box).” Indian batsmen were flops Let us tell you, the Indian cricket team performed very poorly with the bat scoring 353 runs in the first innings of England. Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 73 runs in 117 balls, but the rest of the batsmen could not do anything special. Shubhman Gill (38), Rajat Patidar (17) and Sarfaraz Khan (14) made good starts, but could not convert their innings into big scores. India ended the second day of the Ranchi Test at 219/7.