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Joe Root

As England all-time leading Test cricket run-scorer Alastair Cook stepped down from captaincy after the 2016-17 tour of India, Joe Root was all set to take the charge of the Three Lions. Right from a young age, Root displayed tremendous maturity to acclaim himself to be a leader of the lot. However, along with the authority, came a heap of responsibilities. He remained consistent but started receiving constant criticism for poor conversion rate of century from a fifty. He made his Test debut against India at Nagpur in December 2012, followed by T20I beginning at Mumbai. He played his first ODI match in the same series against Inia at Rajkot in January 2013.

Joe Root

Joseph Edward Root: Calm in the chaos for England
Cricket | Jun 05, 2022, 09:07 PM IST
High pressure, Lord's Cricket Ground, first test under a new captain, team reeling at 69/4, and what does Joe Root do?
Powered by Joe Root's 100, England beat NZ by 5 wickets at Lord's
Cricket | Jun 05, 2022, 04:37 PM IST
England made short work of New Zealand on the morning of day 4 to win the Lord's Test, and go one up in the three-match series.
ENG vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 4: ENG win by 5 wickets at Lord's to go one up in three-match series
Cricket | Jun 05, 2022, 04:40 PM IST
ENG vs NZ, 1st Test: Get the Live Score, Ball by Ball Commentary, Full Scorecard, Latest Match Updates and Highlights between England vs New Zealand at Lord's.

ENG vs NZ, 1st Test, Day 3 | England 61 runs away from victory; can Root take his side home?
Cricket | Jun 04, 2022, 11:37 PM IST
Heading into day 4 and with Root at the crease, England need 61 runs to win the Lord's Test against New Zealand.
Joe Root steps down as England Test captain
Cricket | Apr 15, 2022, 03:19 PM IST
Ben Stokes will be among the favourites to take over as captain, although the all-rounder has just returned to the team after a spell out for mental-health reasons.
WI vs ENG: Series against West Indies chance to prove a point, says Joe Root
Cricket | Mar 08, 2022, 01:33 PM IST
England is currently bottom of the World Test Championship table, with 10 points from ten games and a win percentage of 9.25 per cent.

Kohli is a successful captain and Joe Root is a poor captain: Ian Chappell
Cricket | Dec 15, 2022, 04:01 PM IST
The Australian legend pointed out the contrasts in Kohli and Root's styles of captaincy and its corresponding efficacy.
ICC Awards: Babar Azam, Joe Root, Shaheen Afridi, Lizelle Lee bag top honours
Cricket | Dec 15, 2022, 04:18 PM IST
The 27-year-old Azam, who clinched the ICC ODI Cricketer of 2021 award, scored 405 runs in six games at an average of 67.50 in 2021.
Root sacrifices opportunity to enter IPL mega auction
Cricket | Jan 17, 2022, 04:41 PM IST
Last week, Root said he was considering entering the mega auction but added he would look to play in the tournament only if it does not distract him from his Test career.

IPL 2022: Joe Root considering entering auction
Cricket | Jan 13, 2022, 02:11 PM IST
Considered one of the modern greats of the game, Root is yet to play in the IPL after going unsold in the 2018 auction.
Ashes 2021-22: Surprised with CA ignoring Khawaja's credentials for so long, says Joe Root
Cricket | Jan 12, 2022, 03:03 PM IST
Khawaja was ignored for the first three Ashes Tests and included in the playing XI after middle-order batter and first Test centurion Travis Head tested positive for COVID-19 after the Boxing Day Test.
Australia vs England, 4th Test: Draw restored pride in the team, says England captain Joe Root
Cricket | Jan 09, 2022, 04:56 PM IST
Root's side batted for the entire fifth day at the SCG, clinging on by the skin of their teeth as they finished on 270 for nine with last man James Anderson arriving at the crease to see off the final over of the match.

Ashes 2021-22: COVID-19 cases in support staff have led to anxiety in England side, says Root
Cricket | Jan 12, 2022, 02:50 PM IST
The embattled skipper added that he was relieved that the crisis "got resolved quickly" and the tour could proceed.
Ashes 2021-22: Stokes backs Root and Silverwood, says "no ambition" to be England captain
Cricket | Jan 03, 2022, 12:31 PM IST
Root and Silverwood have faced sharp criticism following England's dismal show in the ongoing Ashes series, which the visitors trail 0-3.
Root, Rizwan among four players nominated for ICC Men's Cricketer of the Year
Cricket | Dec 31, 2021, 07:14 PM IST
The award will be given to the best overall performer in men's international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20Is) during 2021. The winner, who will lift the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy, will be announced on January 24.

Ashes 2021-2022: Joe Root surpasses Graeme Smith's record of Test runs in a calendar year
Cricket | Dec 26, 2021, 06:03 PM IST
Root, with 1,680 runs, moved ahead of Smith, who had scored 1,656 runs as the captain of the Proteas in 2008.
Ashes 2021-22: Root overtakes Cook, becomes highest run-scorer as England Test captain
Cricket | Dec 19, 2021, 08:16 PM IST
Root has surpassed Cook's tally of 4844 runs as the Test captain of the team in his 58th match as the skipper - completing the feat in one match and five innings quicker than his captaincy predecessor, to be at 4859 runs at an average of 47.63.
2nd Ashes Test: Root injured in warm up on Day 4
Cricket | Dec 19, 2021, 12:53 PM IST
Root was hit in the abdomen while batting in the nets ahead of Sunday's play at Adelaide Oval.
Ashes 2nd Test: Root goes past Tendulkar, Gavaskar in most Test runs in a year list
Cricket | Dec 18, 2021, 02:50 PM IST
The 30-year-old English Test skipper has now 1563 runs in the year, which is a run more than Tendulkar's run-haul of 1562 in 2010.
Ashes 2021-22: England docked five World Test Championship points due to slow over-rate in Brisbane
Cricket | Dec 11, 2021, 02:53 PM IST
Match Referee David Boon imposed the sanction after Joe Root's side was found to be five overs short of the target with time allowances taken into consideration.