Joe root
IND vs Eng: India and England are face to face in Cuttack. The second ODI of the 3 -match ODI series is being played between the two teams. In this match, England captain Jose Butler won the toss and decided to bat first. For England, openers Philip Salt and Ben Docket made the innings debut in a brilliant manner. Both hit 75 runs in 10 overs. In the next over, Ben Docket managed to hit a brilliant half -century but England took the first major blow on the 5th ball of the same over when debutant spinner Varun Chakraborty showed the path of the pavilion by dismissing Philip Salt. Ben Docket was also dismissed in the 16th over. After this, Joe Root took the front with Harry Brook and took England’s score to 150 runs in 27 overs.
Root scored a brilliant half -century
Harshit Rana gave the third major setback to England in the 30th over as Harry Brook. Brook could score just 31 runs. After Brook was dismissed, Root and captain Jose Butler surrounded England’s score in 35 overs to cross 200 runs. Shortly thereafter, Joe Root was successful in completing his half -century. Root did a big act of scoring his 40th half -century in ODIs. With this, the batsman did a big charisma in ODI cricket for England.
Left everyone back
In fact, Joe Root made a record of 50+ scores for England with scoring half -century in the second ODI against India. Root demolished Ian Morgan’s big record. Morgan scored more than 50 times in ODIs for England, while Root’s name has now scored 50+. Root has scored 16 centuries in addition to scoring 40 half -centuries in ODIs.
Batsman who scores the highest 50+ score for England in ODIs
- 56 – Joe Root
- 55 – Eoin Morgan
- 39 – Ian Bell
- 38 – Jose Butler
- 34 – Kevin Peterson
Joe Root has played 173 ODIs for England, scoring 6610 runs at an average of 47.55. Root has now equaled Shikhar Dhawan and Vivian Richards in the case of scoring 50+ scores in ODI. Root became the victim of Ravindra Jadeja by scoring 69 runs.
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