Joe Root made a fighting 40 during the second innings of the third Test between India and England. Root has achieved a couple of major milestones during his knock, continuing to stamp his authority in Test cricket.

This was an old-school day that the Little Master would surely have luxuriated in during his playing days, a good – if slightly slow – surface providing enough to encourage batter and bowler and England eschewing some of their extravagant electronica to harmonise with India on a gentler,

Former England captain Joe Root became only the fourth batter after Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene, and Jacques Kallis to complete 8000 Test runs while batting at No.4.