Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Andrew Flintoff and Amitabh Bachchan
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff took a dig at legendary Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan’s five-year-old tweet about Joe Root. Bachchan, again in 2016, had responded to Flintoff’s tweet wherein he had taken a jibe at Virat Kohli.
Flintoff had stated that Kohli may meet up with Root throughout the 2016 T20 World Cup. Bachchan, nonetheless, had responded to that tweet with, “Root who?’ जड़ से उखाड़ देंगे Root ko ..!!!”
After Root’s batting masterclass within the first India-England Test in Chennai, Flintoff made positive that he had the final snicker. “With the greatest respect, this aged well,” he wrote whereas responding to Bachchan’s tweet.
The alternate between Flintoff and Bachchan was about Kohli’s good knock of 82* which was important in India reserving a spot within the semi-finals of the 2016 T20 World Cup.
Root, on Saturday, stored the Indian bowling unit at bay as he scored his fifth double century — the primary by a batsman enjoying his a hundredth Test — to information England to an intimidating 555-run complete within the first innings. Root’s record-breaking double ton was additionally the primary by an abroad cricketer in India in over 10 years.
Root, together with all-rounder Ben Stokes, added a century stand for the fourth wicket to frustrate Indian bowlers on the second day of the Test. Root additionally surpassed Pakistan’s Inzamam-ul-Haq’s report of 184 in 100 Tests by scoring 218 runs in his a hundredth Test for England. He batted till being dismissed by Shahbaz Nadeem within the third session. While Root completed on 208, Stokes ended up scoring 82.
