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[Watch] Root Overcomes Bumrah Fear; Goes Back To His Iconic Revere-Scoop After Rajkot Embarrassment

Joe Root tried playing reverse-scoop (X.com)Joe Root tried playing reverse-scoop (X.com)

Joe Root will go down as one of the finest batters in modern cricket, and consistency has been the hallmark of his cricket over the years. In the second Test against West Indies at Trent Bridge, he once again stepped up for his side and slammed a brilliant 122 to take England to a pole position in the Test after they conceded 41-run lead.

Joe Root hit 10 boundaries in his knock, and showed great caution, especially early in his innings to make sure that he bats deep and goes big with his team in need of runs. He did not played any fancy shot, but after his century with England stepping on the accelerator, Root also decided to try out something funky and played his trademark reverse-scoop against Shamar Joseph.


Joe Root Unleashes Reverse-Scoop

It went over second slip for a boundary towards the third man region, and it brought back memories of Joe Root dismissal in the third Test of England's tour of India where he could not execute the shot against Jasprit Bumrah and faced a lot of criticism. Since then, he refrained himself from using that shot in Test cricket, but now has brought it back which talks a lot about the confidence a century can give to a batter.

Overall, England scored 425 in their second innings and have set the target of 385 for West Indies. The home team is 1-0 up in the series and have four sessions to bowled out Windies and make it two out of two.