Root improves 12 rating points to close within seven rating points of the New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and could re-claim top billing with another strong showing with the bat during the third and final Test against the West Indies in Birmingham.
Former England captain Joe Root is back in the top three of the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings and India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has advanced towards the top 10 after some fine performances in the fourth match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Ranchi which India won by five wickets to go 3-1 up in the five-match series.
"It was nice to finally get some runs in this series," said Root, who has 11,692 runs over 139 Tests.
Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 but ran out of partners as India bowled out England for 353 on day two of the fourth Test on Saturday.
Fast bowler Akash Deep dedicated his stunning Test debut on Friday to his late father after jolting England with three wickets in the first hour of play.
England, who are fighting to stay alive at 2-1 down in the five-match series, reached stumps at 302-7 after electing to bat first in Ranchi
England are blocking out all "external noise" to help Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow hit form and keep the series alive against India in Friday's fourth Test in Ranchi.
England batsman Joe Root faced a torrent of criticism Saturday after getting dismissed off a reverse scoop to trigger England's collapse on day three of the third Test against India.
Root made his IPL debut last season for Rajasthan
Root improves 12 rating points to close within seven rating points of the New Zealand veteran Kane Williamson and could re-claim top billing with another strong showing with the bat during the third and final Test against the West Indies in Birmingham.
Former England captain Joe Root is back in the top three of the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings and India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal has advanced towards the top 10 after some fine performances in the fourth match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Ranchi which India won by five wickets to go 3-1 up in the five-match series.
"It was nice to finally get some runs in this series," said Root, who has 11,692 runs over 139 Tests.
Joe Root remained unbeaten on 122 but ran out of partners as India bowled out England for 353 on day two of the fourth Test on Saturday.
Fast bowler Akash Deep dedicated his stunning Test debut on Friday to his late father after jolting England with three wickets in the first hour of play.
England, who are fighting to stay alive at 2-1 down in the five-match series, reached stumps at 302-7 after electing to bat first in Ranchi
England are blocking out all "external noise" to help Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow hit form and keep the series alive against India in Friday's fourth Test in Ranchi.
England batsman Joe Root faced a torrent of criticism Saturday after getting dismissed off a reverse scoop to trigger England's collapse on day three of the third Test against India.
Root made his IPL debut last season for Rajasthan
The defending champions have just one win from six matches and a loss to Australia in Ahmedabad on Saturday will confirm that their meek title defence is over.