Joe Root Completes 6000 runs, Eng 113/3 VS India

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Wed, Aug 01, 2018, 07:14 PM

Joe Root Completes 6000 runs, Eng 113/3 VS India

Edgbaston, Aug 01: England made a steady start reaching 83/1 at lunch on the opening day of the first Test at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground here on Wednesday.

At the break, opener Keaton Jennings was unbeaten on 38 with skipper Joe Root giving him company with a steady 31, defying the Indian bowlers any further inroads.

For the visitors, it was their lone spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who cleaned up former English skipper Alastair Cook with a beauty for just 13.

Electing to bat under slightly damp conditions, the England openers -- Cook and Jennings -- had no trouble in dealing with the India quicks as they quickly raised 26 runs, before Ashwin was brought in as early as the seventh over of the innings.

Now Shami bounc back with his brilliant bowlings and took 2 crucial wickets and put england some toruble.

In this test Engaland Skipper Joe root has complted 6000 runs in test cricket.

Right Now Englan was at 113/3 in 40 overs.