Joe Root has had to be near the top of his game ... the first a lovely on drive off a low full toss, then a middled sweep and finally a reverse-sweep next ball between point and third man.

Joe Root went past Alastair Cook to become ... Root got there in style, playing a perfectly executed on-drive as England continued to dominate with the bat on a batter-friendly surface.

Root has now become the second high-profile English cricketer after Ben Stokes to pull out of the competition © BCCI/IPL England batter Joe Root has pulled out of ...

England Test captain Joe Root claims that he is desperate to be part of an Indian Premier League season. Root, who is considered amongst the modern-day batting maestro, has not played in IPL yet.

Several batting records tumbled on Day 3 of the Multan Test but none more significant than Joe Root surpassing Alastair Cook to become England's all-time record run-getter in Test match history.