Joe Root’s ‘bat drop’ celebration might have been an entertaining way to sign off the ODI series win against India, but England’s Test captain is already regretting it. “It’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve done,” he said.
Root struck the winning runs, while also bringing up his second century of the series in the third ODI in Leeds. It marked a turnaround in a summer where he has struggled to cross fifty. But he doesn’t think it called for the kind of celebration he put on.
“We are going to pick our best team and make sure we go into that series with the strongest squad,” he said. “If Ben’s fit to play, he’ll be up for selection. He loves playing cricket, he loves being out there, you can see when he’s on a cricket field he’s fully engaged with what’s going on. He wants the ball all the time. He wants to be involved in what’s happening and I’m sure that will be exactly the same throughout that game.”
