New Delhi: India Off-Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin expressed excitement when Joe Root and Dawid Malan held a British fight on the third day of the first ash test on Gabba, Brisbane on Friday.
England was elevated in 147 in the first round but the captain’s root and Malan Mantas ship visitors on Friday despite the initial bat in the second essay.
Ashwin felt that England performed well in the first session on Saturday, the fifth day of the test would be the most common on Sunday.
“Everything happens in Gabba and can be the 5th day that happens the most if England can beat the first session tomorrow,” Ashwin tweeted.
In addition, the root on Friday broke the record of former captain Michael Vaughan after destroying most of it runs in the longest format of the game with an English dough in the calendar year.
The England captain has registered a duck in the first round but in the second essay crashed into fifty classy to go beyond Vaughan.
Vaughan in 2002 has scored 1481 runs and roots almost destroyed his record when he reached 1477 in 2018.
England captain finally surpassed Vaughan as he scored half a century on Friday.
In stump, the UK score reads 220/2 – 58 run behind.
Malan and root have played an unbeatable beats of 80 and 86 runs each.