Overview:
Significantly, it will not be easy to stop the route, but it is not impossible either.
Delhi: England veteran batsman Joe Root can prove to be the biggest headache for Team India in the upcoming Test series of five matches against India. Root (2846) has scored the most runs against India in Test cricket. He is the most successful batsman against India and Team India will have to make a special strategy against him.
History is witness that when the root is set, Indian bowlers get a lot of runs by tired. He has scored more than 50 scores against India 21 times, which is the highest against any batsman against India.
However, the good news is that it is not impossible to dismiss the root quickly. Here we are telling the three ways from which Team India can send the route to the pavilion cheaply in this series:
Jaspreet Bumrah’s war
The main weapon of Team India Jasprit has been very impressive against Bumrah Root. He has dismissed Root 9 times so far. Only Pat Cummins (11) and Josh Hazelwood (10) have been able to dismiss the root more times.
7 times out of these 9, Bumrah has made English batter his prey within his first 60 balls. Meanwhile, 5 times out of 7, Bumrah’s good length balls were on the fourth or fifth stump line, which tried to play with the backfoot and caught in the slip. Therefore, India should bowl continuously on the fourth-fifth stump with a new ball from Bumrah.
Left -handed fast bowler has trouble – Arshdeep should get a chance!
The weakness of the root is clearly visible in the recent records against the left -arm fast bowlers. Since 2022, the route has been dismissed against the left hand pacer 6 times in 17 innings and during this time his average has been only 30 against the left arm pacers.
In view of these figures, India can give Arshdeep Singh a chance to make a test debut. According to behaive data, most of the root outstanding balls have been on the stump line, where left -handed bowlers did not give them a chance to drive. The average of the route on this line is just 16.3.
Given the possibility of catching in Pagbadha (LBW) and slip, a left -arm fast bowlers like Arshdeep can prove to be a trump card for India.
Back-off-length balls outside the off stump-especially at the beginning of the innings
Root’s batting has been another weakness. The back-off-length balls at the beginning of the innings. Right -arm fast bowlers have disturbed him on this length, especially within the first 60 balls. During this time, the average of the route has been just 16.
This strategy makes them dilemma whether to leave the ball or play cut/bridge shot. Statistics show that the root is out while playing the bridge shot the most. Therefore, right-handed fast bowlers should bowl back-off-length outside the off stump at the beginning of the innings against the root and place two fielders in the square leg, so that they have trouble playing the bridge shot.
Significantly, it will not be easy to stop the route, but it is not impossible either. The first match of the five matches of five matches between India and England will be played in Leeds from June 20.
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