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Root 'Motivated' To Score Big Ahead Of Sri Lanka, India Tours

By IANS News January 04, 2021 • 13:02 PM View: 2423

England Test captain Joe Root said that there is a plenty of motivation for him to produce big scores as they start the year with Test series in Sri Lanka and India.

Root, who turned 30 on December 30, experienced a lean run with the bat over the past year with his last Test century coming against New Zealand in November 2019.

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