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Youngsters Feel They Belong On This Stage And Have Purpose Within The Team: Joe Root
Joe Root: England’s premier batter Joe Root believes that the youngsters coming into the Test side feel like they belong to this format and are driven by a purpose to be within the team.
The ongoing five-match Test series between England and India is squared at 1-1, with the youngsters for the visitors shining in the two games so far. Vice-captain Ollie Pope played an influential hand with his epic 196 at Hyderabad while debutant Tom Hartley took 7-62 on Test debut in the win at Hyderabad.
In the second Test at Visakhapatnam, where England lost by 106 runs, there were silver linings in teenage spinner Rehan Ahmed taking three-fers in both innings and debutant off-spinner Shoaib Bashir taking four wickets on debut. Hartley also took a four-fer in the second innings while opener Zak Crawley had 70+ scores in both innings.
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