{"id":31000,"date":"2021-02-05T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=31000"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:07:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T13:07:49","slug":"root-hits-century-to-help-england-dominate-day-one-of-first-india-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=31000","title":{"rendered":"Root hits century to help England dominate Day one of first India Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chennai:\u00a0Skipper Joe Root struck a fluent century in his 100th Test to help England seize the advantage in the opening match against India on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

England ended on 263 for three after Dom Sibley fell to paceman Jasprit Bumrah for 87 in the final over of day one and stumps were called in Chennai.<\/p>\n

England elected to bat after winning the toss in the first match of the four-Test series.<\/p>\n

Root, unbeaten on 128 and battling cramp in the final session, put on 200 runs with Sibley after England slipped to 63 for two in the first session.<\/p>\n

Root made his Test debut in India in 2012 and his century comes on the back of match-winning knocks of 228 and 186 in Sri Lanka. Friday’s effort was his third successive and 20th Test ton.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old handled the spinners with aplomb as he swept — and reverse swept — to precision in his 197-ball knock. He struck 14 fours and a six.<\/p>\n

Sibley completed his second successive Test fifty after a cautious but steady start with opening partner Rory Burns, who made 33.<\/p>\n

But he fell short of his third Test ton when trapped lbw, trudging back to the pavilion after an unsuccessful review.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Burnbs fell to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for 33 while attempting a reverse sweep just before lunch.<\/p>\n

Bumrah, who is playing his first Test at home, struck soon after to trap new batsman Dan Lawrence lbw for nought.<\/p>\n

The series will decide who plays New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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