IND vs ENG third Test: Joe Root takes three wickets in 9 balls as India endure middle-order collapse

Image Source : BCCI Joe Root and Rishabh Pant
England skipper Joe Root struck in his very first ball as he dismissed Rishabh Pant to place India in hassle on Day 2 of the third Test on the newly renamed Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

Root bowled a tossed-up supply which landed exterior off and turned away, taking a thick inside fringe of Pant’s bat. Ben Foakes made no mistake behind the stumps as India misplaced wickets in fast succession. 

Hosts India began the second Day on 99/3, with Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane within the center. However, the Indian batting unit collapsed in minutes, shedding 5 wickets inside 26 runs. 

Rahane (7) was first trapped by Jack Leach very early on the second day. Leach struck once more in his subsequent over as he dismissed a well-set Rohit Sharma on 66.

However, it was Root who was the wrecker-in-chief with the pink ball. The England skipper first dismissed Pant and adopted it with wickets of Washington Sundar and Axar Patel.

In the forty sixth over, Root clipped the highest of the off-stump to dismiss Sundar on the very first supply. He struck once more on the third ball as Axar determined to take the ariel root. The ball, nonetheless, went straight to Dom Sibley at quick cowl.