England Captain Joe Root Hit A Double Century
England captain Joe Root hit a double century, the biggest innings played in Asia. England captain Joe Root scored a brilliant double century in the two-match Test series being played against Sri Lanka in Gaul.
Batting on the third day of the match, the English captain completed the fourth double century of his career with the help of 15 fours and 1 six. In the first innings, hosts Sri Lanka were bowled out for just 135 runs by bowling fluently.
England captain Root scored another strong innings, scoring his fourth double century of the Test career. On the second day of the match, he completed a century off 163 balls while completing 150 runs with 11 fours off the 225th ball. At the end of the second day’s play, Root was batting unbeaten on 168 runs.
He completed his double century in the second session on the third day. Root scored this special inning, hitting 15 fours and 1 six off 291 balls. Root’s fourth double century in Test England captain Joe Root scored his fourth in Test cricket and his first double century in Asia.
This is his second double-century against Sri Lanka which he hit while playing at home. Root also scored his first double century in a Test against Sri Lanka. In 2014 he first crossed the two hundred mark at Lord’s.
Root scored 254 runs in 2016 against Pakistan while playing in Manchester, which is the biggest innings of his Test career. Root scored his third double century in 2019, playing against New Zealand. The specialty of this century was that he was deposited in Hamilton.
The third captain to score a double century in Test Championship. Joe Root is just the third captain in the world to score a double century in the ICC Test Championship.
Earlier, Indian captain Virat Kohli and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson did this feat. Williamson has scored a double century during the championship twice. He did this feat in consecutive series, playing against West Indies and Pakistan. The Indian captain scored a double century against South Africa.
