The English skipper, Joe Root who amassed a flamboyant century against India on the first day of the first Test match in Chennai batted long hours on Friday and as a result, he was seen getting some cramps by the time the penultimate over of the day was getting bowled. Towards the end of the day, he slog-swept Ravichandran Ashwin and soon fell down with agony.
Virat Kohli soon rushed to his counterpart and immediately started helping Root to stretch his legs which gave the latter some relief. Soon after King Kohli was lauded on social media for showing sportsmanship. Here is the video of the incident:
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Meanwhile, earlier in the day Joe Root played captain’s knock as he grounded the hosts with a superb century in the first Test in Chennai. Incidentally, this was also the 100th Test of his career and hence the moment became even more special. Root worked Washington Sundar towards Fine Leg and took a quick single to complete a milestone that will see him getting featured in the illustrious list comprising of greats like Colin Cowdrey and Ricky Ponting.
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Englishmen Cowdrey was the first cricketer to score a hundred on the occasion of his 100th Test match back in 1968. His feat was followed by other cricketers namely: Javed Miandad, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, and Hashim Amla. Root is the third British player to achieve this feat after Cowdrey and Alec Stewart.
Meanwhile, there were only ten instances in the longest format of the game where a batsman has got a century in his hundredth Test. Ricky Ponting even went one step ahead and managed to get hundreds in both the innings of his 100th Test.
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Earlier in the day Root received a cap from team-mate Ben Stokes for witnessing the landmark of playing his 100th Test in the first match of the series against India. The stylish right-hander was handed the special cap by star all-rounder Stokes prior to the start of the Test at the M A Chidambaram stadium.
