“Greats Of Modern Era”: England Star’s Blockbuster Praise For Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli

Team India registered a snug 106-run victory over England within the second Test to stage the five-match collection 1-1. After the batting exploits of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill, it was pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who completed with the magnificent figures of 9/91 (two innings) and helped India declare a win. However, there’s a level to fret for the hosts as their skipper Rohit Sharma did not ship a powerful efficiency in each the matches. Apart from him, star batter Virat Kohli additionally missed the primary two matches as a result of private causes and there is no affirmation relating to his return for the remaining matches.

Recently, England star batter Joe Root referred to as Rohit and Virat “the greats of the modern era” and acknowledged that the Three Lions would look to maintain them quiet in all the collection.

“You mentioned two of the greats of the modern era. Of course, there’s going to be focus. We know how good they are and they are also very senior within this current Indian batting lineup. So clearly they’ve got a big role to play within this Test team,” Root mentioned whereas chatting with JioCinema.

“You want to make sure that you try and get on top of them early. They’ve got the ability to get big scores and we’ve been on the wrong end of that a few times, so it would be nice to try and keep them as quiet as we can throughout the series,” he added.

Root, who’s but to make huge runs within the ongoing Test collection towards India, has totally purchased into England’s aggressive fashion of play within the longest format.

“We don’t really do team meetings anymore. That’s one of the great things about how we do all of our conversations away from the game and just that enjoyment and buzz about spending time with each other,” mentioned Root.

“We don’t have to sit in a meeting room and I think it’s more authentic and more genuine when you can have it around a dinner table. Having a coffee in the morning or whatever, I think that’s when you do your best learning,” he added.

The third Test between India and England will kick-start from February 15 in Rajkot.

(With PTI Inputs)