Twitter Reaction: ‘Classy’ Joe Root punishes Pakistan with a double ton

Published - 23 Jul 2016, 19:17 IST | Updated - 23 Jul 2016, 19:17 IST

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England No. 3 Joe Root made up for his jaded performances in the first test at Lord’s in perhaps the best way possible, hitting a double century in the following Test. The Yorkshireman continued his rampage on the Pakistan bowlers and has put England in a solid position in the game on day two of the Old Trafford game.

Root resumed at 141 in the morning and batted with total command to reach 150 for the 5th time in his career within few overs into the new day. He batted without facing much problems throughout the day and reached the milestone late in the afternoon with a boundary off Yasir Shah’s last ball in the 129th over. This is the second double century of his career, surpassing the 200* which he scored against Australia.

England are currently sitting pretty comfortable at 471/5 at the time when Root removed his helmet to acknowledge his brilliant double century. The hosts resumed at 314/4 this morning and lost only Chris Woakes in today’s play. Woakes and Root combined together to put up a solid 97 runs stand for the 5th wicket before the all-rounder departed in the 114th over, adding another half-century to his credit. He made 58 off 104 deliveries.

But, Woakes’ wicket did not shift the momentum at all as Root then found support in Ben Stokes. Both of them added another 57 runs for the 6th wicket together as Pakistan bowlers continued to bend their back without any huge success.

Just the reverse sweep for four to bring up 200 for @root66. What a shot, what a knock, what a player ?? https://t.co/8uhXLEMNtN
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 23, 2016

10 years ago: Dravid, Ponting, Kallis, Tendulkar, Sangakkara and Yousuf.
Today: de Villiers, Amla, Root, Smith, Kohli, Williamson and Rahane
— cricketingview (@cricketingview) July 23, 2016

.@root66 becomes the 2nd ENG batsman to score a Test double century at Old Trafford (Manchester); Ken Barrington 256 v AUS in 1964 #ENGvPAK
— Fox Sports Lab (@FoxSportsLab) July 23, 2016

Root's Highest Test Scores
201* v PAK, 2016
200* v SL, 2014
182* v WI, 2015
180 v AUS, 2013
154* v IND, 2014 pic.twitter.com/RTb5JQnkfD
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 23, 2016

Second Double Hundred & Highest Test Score for @root66 #ProperBatsman pic.twitter.com/SUPoWjbe2g
— Cricketopia (@CricketopiaCom) July 23, 2016

Two double-centuries in as many days from the two modern-day greats – Virat Kohli yesterday, Joe Root today. #EngvPak #IndvsWI
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 23, 2016

What a delight for #Cricket lovers . Two of the worlds best batsmen get double centuries on back to back days. #divine indeed #MKV
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) July 23, 2016

Joe root absolute class ??? imagine him and KP together @piersmorgan
— Ant Gibbo (@agibson_mcfc) July 23, 2016

First Kohli now Root; two of the best batsmen in world class cricket register maiden double centuries. #ENGvPAK #WIvIND #Cricket
— Noel D'Souza (@Noel2589) July 23, 2016

Joe Root took 22 balls between 190 to 200……. @virendersehwag would have taken only 2 balls
— Aditya Suman (@cricadi03) July 23, 2016

Most 200s by 25y-206d (for England)
2 Walter Hammond
2 JOE ROOT#EngvPak
Don Bradman had six 200s by this age, while Graeme Smith had 3
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 23, 2016

I'm Root-ing for more tons! Well done Joe Root. #ENGvPAK #Cricket
— Noel D'Souza (@Noel2589) July 23, 2016

Joe Root @ECB_cricket makes batting look easy and stylish. All the time in the world to play his shots. Eases to his 2nd double 100 #ENGvPAK
— Anjum Chopra (@chopraanjum) July 23, 2016

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