For more than three days, the England team has been on the top of hosts (India) in almost every department but one absurd decision from Joe Root has raised the question over his captaincy if not now it will definitely be after the result of the first test match.
England's first innings score of 574 runs have clear uncertainties about the result of the test match. After team India first innings score 337 runs, no one have predicted the possibility of England losing this test match.
Draw or win? It was all left to these two outcomes before Joe Root surprised everyone with his decision to bat again in the second innings. Still with 241 runs ahead the visiting captain has sent their openers with all absurd decisions to begin the second innings.
Yesterday, the West Indies team chased down the target of 395 without the services of their regular players against the great emerging test side Bangladesh. Today, Joe Root has put his back into the difficult situation where they can lose this test match.
It was the same ground Chennai, where team India had previously chased down the target of 387 in 2008-09 season against England (who was far better back then this in-experience bowling line-up). Although team India has lost the opener Rohit sharma and still required 381 runs with 9 wickets in hand.
Earlier, the England team was all out at the score of 178 runs in the second innings and set the target of 420 runs for the hosts. We don’t know the result of the first test match but this sudden surprise defensive approach by England captain Joe Root needs to be criticized.
We hardly see captains giving the chance to opposition teams to get back into the game. But today’s Joe Root decision has given the chance out of nowhere to team India not only draw the test match but if they want to defeat England also on the final day of the test match that outcome is possible.
Let us imagine if team India was enforced the follow on by Joe Root after 241 runs lead in the first innings. Their possibility of losing a test match is completely void with only two outcomes left: Draw or Win? But the man with the best form of career Joe Root has other strange ideas to make things more uncertain.
