How Indian Spinners Can Plan Joe Root's Dismissal In Tests

England captain Joe Root is one of the best players of spin. His recent form against Sri Lanka is proof of how settled Root is against spinners. Joe Root made 426 runs in the two-test match series a

How To Get Joe Root Out?

By looking at the dismissals from the previous tour of India, it is understood that Joe Root always looks to attack the spinners. He likes going to back-foot as well as comfortable in sweeping the ball. 

What the Indian spinners did in the last tour was make him play his shots. In 10 innings, Joe Root got out eight times to spinners. Three times he got out attempting to sweep, two times he attempted the drive, and one time he attempted to lofted drive, a ball which he misread. Jayant Yadav got him out two times LBW with a straighter one. 

In the tour of Australia, India bowled straighter lines and set leg-side fields for the batsmen. With two spinners - an off-spinner and a Chinaman, making the ball come back in for Joe Root, the leg-side trap will be a good set up. 

Kuldeep Yadav has taken 11 wickets as bowled and LBW. This suggests that he bowls a tighter straight line. Yadav could be an effective option to bowl against Joe Root. 

The first test match between India-England will be played from 5th February in Chennai. Joe Root will be playing his 100th Test match.