India's Success In Australia Inspires England To Win Away From Home

India's recent Test series win in Australia has given touring sides confidence to win away from home, including England who have a great opportunity to do well in India with the amount of quality

Root, who did not share Crawley's replacement at No. 3, will be crucial for England innings. He single-handedly carried his side's batting in the two-Test series in Sri Lanka, accumulating over 400 runs. Against India, however, he will be faced with a threat of Ravichandran Ashwin on his home ground.

Ashwin had got the better of Steve Smith in the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar series which India won 2-1.

But Root said that he would try neither attack nor play defensively against the ace India off-spinner and will be playing each ball on its merit.

"(I will) Just try and play him -- what I see in front of me. I won't go out there to dominate or defend. I will just play the ball that is delivered and if I do that well enough for a period of time, I feel I can score some runs," said Root.

He lavished praise on Ashwin but said that he isn't the only one in India line-up.