betvisa888 cricket betTwitter reactions: Joe Root enters record books with a tremendous double century in Chennai Test

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Here is how Twitter reacted

England captain Joe Root has converted hi༒s century into double hundred on Day 2 of the first Test against India at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The right-handed batsman smashed a six off Ravichandran Ashwin in the 143rd over to reach the ext♛raordinary milestone. It๊ is his fifth double century in the longest format and second in three Tests.

The Yorkshire batsman became the first player in history to score a double century in his 100th Test match. Root surpassed former Pakistan captain Inzamam-Ul-Haq as the🐻 player with the highest individual score in the 100th Test match. Inzamam had scored 184 again𒊎st India in 2005.

Most double tons in Tests for England:

7 – Wally Hammond
5 – Joe Root *
5 – Alastair Cook

It was the 15th double ton by a visiting batsman in India. Interestingly, five 🎉of which have come in Chennai.

Double centuries in Chennai by a visiting batsman:

207 – Mike Gatting
201 – Graeme Fowler
210 – Dean Jones
203 – Matthew Hayden
218 – Joe Root

In the 154th over, Shahbaz Nadeem trapped Root in front to end the sensational innings. The English skipper made 218 from 377 balls with 1꧋9 fours and 2 sixes.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

Joe Root is the first Englishman to bring up a double hundred with a six. He's the 19th batsman overall to do so and the first since Mayank Agarwal against Bangladesh in November 2019.
— The CricViz Analyst (@cricvizanalyst)

Super 200 for Root. Sri Lanka the ideal warmup… a few countries might want to start scheduling accordingly
— Daniel Brettig 🏏 (@danbrettig)

Congratulations to Captain on his fine double hundred in his 100thജ ♎Test!
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— BCCI (@BCCI)

Rooooooooooooot 💯💯 👏🏼👏🏼
— Charlotte Edwards (@C_Edwards23)

Joe Root – first to score 200 against India since Brendon McCullum's 302 in Wellington in 2013/14.
The last visiting batsman t🐎o score 200 in India was also Brendon McCullum, who hit 225 in Hyderabad in 2010/11.
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)

Joe Root 20 Test centuries
50% of his 100+ scores are over 150 runs
25% of his 100+ scores are over 200 runs
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman)

JOE ROOT is the first England play🧸er to b🧸ring up his double century with a SIX in Test cricket.
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)

Salute.
— Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa)

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Lovely to see Root smiling andꦚ laughing with pure joy after bringing up his double ton like that. Fair to say he’s in kinda decentish form.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)

Massive fan of a batsman not being aware they've passed 200. Should be mandatory, take their scores off the board near milestones.
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber)

There you go…as we thought, plenty left in the tank 😊
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar)

Rooooooooooooot! Amazing 💯 💯
— Matt Prior (@MattPrior13)

Superb juꦑst sup🐻erb from what an innings from the captain. Has set this up for
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)

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.'s innings is a tutorial on playing spin on a turning track. Sweep with conviction and be aggressive. This spreads the field and gives you easy runs. 200 in his 100th Test. Congrats
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)

England players with two double hundreds in a Test season:
Root 2020-21
Hammond 1932-33
Hammond 1928-29
Full list of players from all teams:
— Andy Zaltzman (@ZaltzCricket)