Jos Buttler decodes Joe Root's ability to score 'quickly against spin' ahead of Ind series

England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has said that Joe Root is a very hard player to bowl dot balls against and Test skipper has a brilliant game against spin. English team will be locking horns with India in a four-match Test series that gets underway on February 5. 

'He scores quickly against spin': Jos Buttler

"Joe was in fantastic form in Sri Lanka, he has always h a brilliant game to play spin bowling. He is one of best exponents of sweep shot and he picks length brilliantly. It is a big strength when playing spin, he is very hard to bowl dot balls at. He scores quickly against spin and he has so many shots, he mans to rotate strike," Buttler said.

"He did that fantastically well in Sri Lanka, biggest thing about him was hunger shown by him to bat for long periods. He showed great application both mentally and tactically. He is in great form and it is a great place for him to be at just at start of year," said Buttler while replying to an ANI query during a virtual press conference.

Joe Root in Sri Lanka Test series

Root h amassed 426 runs in four innings at an aver of 106.50 in recently-concluded two Test matches against Sri Lanka in ir own backyard where England completed a 2-0 whitewash. 30-year-old h scored 228 in first Test and 186 in second. 

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Both teams look to continue ir splendid run in longest format

Both teams he into this series after having registered away Test wins. While Team India created history with a 2-1 win at Gabba to retain Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia last week, England handed a 2-0 whitewash to Sri Lanka in ir own backyard earlier this week.

elegant number three batsman Joe Root will be leing England in four-match Test series that gets underway at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stium on February 5 while Virat Kohli will be back on cricket field after more than a month. He h returned to India after elaide Test match against Australia in mid-December on paternity leave.

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Meanwhile, visitors would be hoping to repeat heroics of 2012/13 season where y h registered a 2-1 win in (four-match series) under leership of former iconic opener Alastair Cook. That remains England's last Test series win on Indian soil to date.

Kohli on or hand looks to le India to a second straight Test series win against England on home soil.  At same time, four-match Test series will also constitute a major part of ongoing inaugural ICC World Test Championship.

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