Joe Root has always relished playing India. Going back to his Test debut as a cherubic 21-year-old at Nagpur in 2012, when a gritty half-century helped seal a historic series win, through to this week’s hundred at Lord’s, England’s all-time leading run-scorer has built up a truly formidable record against this summer’s tourists.
A thick edge to the opening delivery of day two brought Root his 37th Test hundred, and his eighth at Lord’s.
Dismissed shortly afterwards during an inspired spell of bowling from Jasprit Bumrah – who dismissed Root for the 11th time in Tests – his innings of 104 to...
