After Joe Root’s double century towards India on Saturday within the first of the four-match Test sequence, former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff took a dig at Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan by retweeting his five-year-old tweet asking who Root was.
After Virat Kohli’s knock towards Australia that took India to the 2016 T20 World Cup semifinals, Flintoff had tweeted that ‘at this rate, Kohli will be as good as Root one day’.
Not taking kindly to Flintoff’s feedback, Bachchan had replied that he had no thought who Root was and that India would ‘uproot’ Root.
On Saturday, Root turned the primary batsman to smash a double-hundred in his a hundredth Test, crafting an enormous 218 runs to place his staff answerable for the opening match towards India in Chennai. The 30-year-old registered his second double-century in three matches as England amassed 555-8 on a flat wicket on the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
Flintoff took the chance after 5 years to take out the tweet and wrote, “With the greatest respect, this aged well.”
With the best respect , this aged properly 😂 https://t.co/sjhs7HGT1d
— Andrew Flintoff (@flintoff11) February 6, 2021
The England captain appeared usually stable towards an Indian assault which might handle solely a few half-hearted lbw appeals towards him within the first two periods.
At the tip of Day Two, Dom Bess was batting on 28 with Jack Leach on six on the different finish.Root was seen battling cramps within the closing overs on Friday however returned to hound India’s bowlers.
