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England skipper Joe Root's ability to rack up big scores like he did in Sri Lanka in the just-concluded Test series will be key for England to put up a fight against India in the four-Test series starting next month. He scored 426 in two Tests in Sri Lanka at 106.50, with two centuries -- 228 in first Test and 186 in second Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

England and India play two Tests in Chennai, beginning on February 5, and the last two in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Root was the second highest run-getter behind Virat Kohli the last time England toured India, in 2016-17. His 491 runs in five Tests at 49.1 was behind Kohli's 655.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Root is already looking forward to the Tests against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"We will look at this as a platform. We have got four very important games against arguably the best team [India] in the world in their own conditions. We are going to have to play right at the top of our game. We couldn't be any better-placed than this to challenge them. That really excites me,"<\/strong> he said on Monday, after beating Sri Lanka 2-0 in the two-Test series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Despite England's premier batsman's good run last time they toured India, his team lost the five-match series to India 0-4 and could cross 500-run total only once. That score of 500-plus came in the first Test in Rajkot, where Root scored his only century of the series, his 124 helping England post 537 from where they could dominate India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Unfortunately for England, that was the only time in the series they dominated India and as Root failed to produce another three-figure knock, and England failed to put up a big score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Root went on to score four half-centuries, but couldn't play a big knock that would allow the other batsmen to play around him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 124 in his very first innings in India during that series was followed by scores of 4, 53, 25, 15, 78, 21, 77, 88, and 6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

With the then skipper Alastair Cook failing to score big, it was imperative on Root to convert his fifties into big three-figure knocks at No.4.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

This time though 30-year-old Root seems to have come with a plan to hold the innings together, as evident from his 400-plus tally against Sri Lanka. His excellent run somewhat papered over the poor performance of the other batsmen. England could produce only three half-centuries besides Root's two big centuries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

While Root topped the run charts in the just-concluded series, the next three top-scorers were Sri Lankans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Root's overall performance in India is quite good. In six Tests in this country, he has aggregated 584 runs at an average of 53.09.
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