DTVHINDIWhen the former England captain tried to belittle Kohli by comparing him with Joe Root, fans lashed out at him on social media
Recently, Root scored the 33rd century of his Test career. Virat Kohli and Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter Former England cricket team captain Joe Root has created history by scoring the 33rd century of his career in the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at the historic Lord’s ground in London. After this century, he has jointly come on the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries for England. Root has equaled former English captain Alastair Cook. This is Root’s 6th century of his career at Lord’s. So in the match, when he was batting on 99 runs, he completed his century in 162 balls by hitting a boundary against Lahiru Kumara. After this, after scoring 143 runs, he played a shot against Milan Rathnayak and got caught by Pathum Nissanka at point. At the time of Root’s dismissal, England had scored 308 runs and England is currently in a better position in the match after the end of the first day. On the other hand, after Joe Root’s excellent innings, former England cricket team captain Michael Vaughan was seen comparing Root with the test career of former Indian captain and run machine Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Vaughan has posted a photo on his official X account comparing the Test careers of Virat and Root. In the caption of this photo, he wrote – Good Morning India. As soon as he shared this post on social media, the anger of the fans reached the seventh sky. After this, cricket fans were seen scolding Michael Vaughan on social media itself. See how fans taught Michael Vaughan a lesson Morning India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ax5g75yLyS — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 30, 2024 Let’s see in Eng vs ind series. — Sandeep (@singhsandeeep) August 30, 2024 Test Centuries in Australia – Virat Kohli- 6Joe Root – 0 😭 First ask him to score a century in Australia, then compare — 🜲 (@HereforVK18) August 30, 2024 Great now show me Joe Froot’s limited overs career. Root’s a Home track bully scored 70% of his centuries in England — Cheems Bond 𝕏 (Parody) (@Cheems_Bond_007) August 30, 2024 Joe Root will have to take two births to match Virat Kohli’s 80th international century. — Alok Singh (@Thakurbhaiyaa) August 30, 2024 You forgot to count the number of 4s.They are very important, Michael.Remember, they got you a World Cup. — Dr. Devashish Palkar (@psychidiaries) August 30, 2024 Morning UK 🇬🇧 Test 100s (Outside Home) 16 – Steve Smith (out of 32)15 – Virat Kohli (out of 29)13 – Joe Root (out of 33)13 – Kane Williamson (out of 32) pic.twitter.com/DuEcDCqoW9 — Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) August 30, 2024 Kohli dominates in all 3 formats and league Root 1 format bully — Andleeb Akhtar (@viratkohli_un) August 30, 2024 Show me one such innings or shot of joe root. ‘Shot of an emperor’ Remember Vanghney? pic.twitter.com/sBH80xuAq7 — Pallavi🥂 (@PalluSays) August 30, 2024
