IND vs ENG: Michael Vaughan Recalls Joe Root’s “Incredible” Development With This Historic Pic

Former England captain Michael Vaughan retweeted an image the place he’s seen presenting an award to England Take a look at skipper Joe Root when the latter was 11 years outdated. “Unimaginable to see his improvement during the last 25 years,” wrote Vaughan on Twitter. Each Root and Vaughan have represented Yorkshire earlier than taking part in for England and the previous grew to become England’s most profitable captain in Checks after the workforce beat India by an innings and 76 runs within the third Take a look at at Headingley.

Unimaginable to see his improvement during the last 25 yrs … https://t.co/03XfAcCPDT

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 29, 2021

By the way, Root surpassed Vaughan to the feat because the Headingley win was his twenty seventh as Take a look at captain, whereas Vaughan had led England to victory in 26 Checks.

Root’s impeccable file as captain was complemented by his exploits with the bat as he registered his third century of the sequence, and twenty third total, within the first innings of the third Take a look at to assist England put up a frightening complete of 432 in response to India’s paltry 78 within the first innings.

Root’s 121 at Headingley got here after a splendid 180 at Lord’s and 109 at Trent Bridge as he acquired nearer to breaking one other one in every of Vaughan’s information — most Take a look at runs by an England batsman in a calendar yr.

Root has 1,398 runs in 2021 so far with six centuries and a half-century and he’s solely 83 behind Vaughan’s England file of 1481 runs that he set in 2002.

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Root had in 2016 come near breaking Vaughan’s file when he scored 1477 runs with three centuries and 10 half-centuries.

The great win at Headingley helped England stage the five-match sequence 1-1 with two extra Checks to play.