Milestone man Root vows not to let individual battles distract him
England batsman wants to learn from, and not just compete with, the other three in ‘big four’
04 February 2021 - 16:14
New Delhi — Joe Root will go into his 100th Test on Friday determined not to let his individual battles distract him from his larger goal of captaining England to a series victory in India, the 30-year-old said on Thursday.
One of the subplots of the four-Test series will be a batting one-upmanship between contemporary cricket’s two premier batsmen in Root and his India counterpart, Virat Kohli...
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