Joe Root may have immersed himself in the elite of the test cricket on the second day of the Lord’s test, but the night before the English star was something other than calm. Root, which ended on day 1 undefeated on the nervous 99, revealed that he could not sleep that night, mentally passed through every possible shot and a script that could wait for him to continue on Friday.
The root, who spoke at a press conference after the match, admitted that he felt nerves and shared how the expectation of his 99 to the century kept him restless all night. But his nerves did not show up when he came to the bat for 2. With a neat border on the first first ball to face the morning session, Root raised his 37th test century -Milest, which took him to the first five on the list of all time for most hundreds in the longest format. It was a knocking that held English shifts together after suffering the highest order collapse on 1 day.
ENG vs Indian, 2. Test day 2: The most important
“I woke up at night and I couldn’t get back to sleep. I passed every other shot I could play to start a day (after 99). I also went through every release. Then I realized it wasn’t about me and there were many more important things,” Root said.
“I was disappointed that I couldn’t kick a little. He was a nice ball (from Bumrah to mix me), but he boasts to cover these things,” he added.
But while the moment of the celebration was strange, it didn’t take long. Root was released on 104 Jasprit Bumrah, who turned the game on the head in the fire first session on day 2. Bumhrah’s triple strike, which included valuable root skin, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes, broke through the middle of the England and briefly threatened to establish before.
Of the uncertain 271 for 7, England managed to move its total number to 387-dressed 84-Run ninth goal between Jamie Smith and Brydon Cars. Their efforts ensured that England had something essential on the album after the highest command failed to earn.
The Indian reaction was not even smooth sailing. Visitors lost three big goals from the stumps on the 2nd day – Yashsvi Jaiswal, Karun Nair and Captain SHUBMAN GILL – all back in the pavilion with the match gently prepared. With both teams that trade with strikes, the scene is ready for a riveting day 3. The day in the cricket house.
As for Root, his hundred in Lord was another chapter in a stormy test career – but it came up with a rare confession of how the consumer game could be, even for one of the most experienced doughs in England.
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Published:
Debodinna Chakracorty
Published on:
12 July 2025
