Second Test, Day 3: Ton-up which became the root of India’s troubles, England took a significant lead in the first innings. Cricket News – Times of India

London: England captain Joe Root He continued his dream with an artful 22nd century to ensure a morale-boosting first innings lead as the second Test against India looks set for an interesting end in the next few days.
Root (180 not out), who scored his second consecutive century in this series, took England into a position of weakness with a total of 391 in the first innings as India posted 364 in their first essay.

More than the amount of lead which is currently at 27, it is the psychological advantage that England got after a poor first day performance that will put them in a good position as their bowlers are less than confident enough to get out the Indian middle order cheaply. Will be flat out. Fourth day.
Achievement: | as it happened
During his 321-ball innings, Root became the first England captain to score five centuries in a season and also completed the personal milestone of 9000 Test runs, while medically destroying the Indian attack, which has so far ‘Root code’ failed to break.

If these records weren’t enough, he is now also the first English captain with six 150-plus scores, a testament to his habit of hitting ‘daddy hundreds’.

The order of their numbers now reads 64, 109, 180* in this series. What makes him even more special is that he had made an attack that would otherwise have given a good account of himself, looked pedestrian with his counter punches that included 18 boundaries.
mohammed siraji (30-7-94-4) had the most wickets, but bowled too many boundary deliveries in that first session Mohammed Shami (26-3-94-2), who would want to forget this innings in a hurry.
Old worker Ishant Sharma (24-4-69-3) once again played his part, but looked tired at times in his subsequent spells, though the in-cutter clean-bowled Jos Buttler (23) could not hit any faster. Would be a bowler’s dream.
But England’s batting was all about the root and how he controlled the narrative with superb technique and a superb range of strokes on the off-side.

Unlike in India’s 2018 tour, Root now has less backfoot trigger movement and casts a shadow towards the middle-stump instead of crossing the front-foot off-stump. This little tweak gives the drive more chance to steer through the off-side.
Jonny Bairstow (57 off 107 balls) helped them in a 121-run stand for the fourth wicket as the first session was a virtual nightmare for the Indian bowlers.
Root’s gameplan really spoiled India’s strategy as 54 runs from outside the boundary came off Siraj and Shami in the first hour of the third morning.
Kohli’s decision not to start with Ishant or Bumrah didn’t help as runs leaked smoothly in the form of cover and square drives and with a whip through the mid-wicket area.
It helped that the pitch was the best for batting on the third day and Root would not miss a chance to get drenched in the sun on Saturday.
Scored 97 and 98 in the first two sessions, reflecting the plight of the Indian bowling attack.
Root started the session with a square drive off Siraj to reach his third consecutive fifty in the series.
After a wicketless first session, India enjoyed some good moments when Siraj bumper to Bairstow and Ishant bowled Buttler, but Moeen Ali was again given loose deliveries as England closed on the lead.
From 341 for 5, there was another lower-order drop, in which England posted 358 for 8 before Root played a flick to Siraj to give his side the lead.
And as if to celebrate, he played a reverse ramp shot off Siraj and then struck mid-wicket to add to India’s misery.