Root rose to the occasion when needed the most for England and is now unbeaten on 67, his first half-century on the ongoing tour. Foakes is 28 not out as England had their first wicketless session of the series through the 86-run partnership off 221 balls between the duo, also the longest stand for the visitors\u2019 in the current series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With variable bounce in play, Root and Foakes had to play attritional cricket for 16.4 overs in the second session till Root went for a drive off Akash Deep for four and went on to dab through the vacant gully region for another boundary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Foakes joined the boundary-hitting party by driving Kuldeep Yadav through mid-off and driving against Akash to get two boundaries. Root got his fifty in 108 balls with a single off Ravichandran Ashwin, making this his first Test half-century since hitting 91 during the Ashes at The Oval in July last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Root, who shunned the temptation to play sweep or reverse-sweep, went on to time his drive off Kuldeep for a boundary, before punching Ashwin through cover and playing a deft late cut against Ravindra Jadeja. India went for a review when Jadeja trapped Foakes in front of the wicket with an arm ball, but replays showed ball missing stumps as the hosts\u2019 lost all of their reviews in a session which belonged to Root and England.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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