Joe Root vows not to be drawn into a verbal altercation with India

Following their 151-run overcome against India at Lord’s within-the-moment Test. England captain Joe Root has pledged that his group will not be drawn into a verbal altercation with India.

The third Test of the five-match series is set to begin from Wednesday at Headingley.

“There’s the theatre and everything else surrounding the game. We’ve got to make sure that we play the game how we want to play. We look after that as best as we can and not get too distracted or drawn into anything that’s not honest,” said Root

“We’ve ought to be genuine to ourselves, veritable to how we are as people. And how we are collectively and be as great as we are able the way that we go. Therefore, Virat’s group will play how they play, I fair need us to go out and be the finest adaptation of ourselves.”

The second Test played in a serious atmosphere with players of both groups not shying from steady sledging.

Joe Root

Joe Root conceded that strategic blunders have taken a toll on his side’s the Lord’s Test.

“I think there were always discussions you always attempt to also discover one-percenters in ways you can deal with distinctive situations.

“We’ve done a few great learning off the back of the final game I think we may have overseen certain zones differently, me as the captain, we might have gone around things slightly differently.

“We have got three massive games to play in this series, However, there’s a lot to play for. And you know we’re desperate to bounce back strongly,” he said.

England has dropped out of frame opener Dom Sibley from the third Test and also reviewed Dawid Malan. After a gap of three years.

Dawid Malan

“Dawid obviously offers a lot of experience in that top three, not necessarily in terms of experience in Test cricket. But he plays a huge amount of international cricket now, he’s dealt with pressure situations,” said Root.

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