Vaughan terms Root as better player of spin than Virat Kohli, faces netizens 'fact' wrath

With Joe Root's exploits against India in the ongoing Chennai Test, Michael Vaughan has been one of the many admirers heaping praise on the English skipper for his ability to counter spin in subcontinent conditions. Vaughan, in one of his plenty of tweets, has also remarked that Joe Root would go on to retire as England's best batsman. However, when the former English skipper opined on Sunday that Root is the better player of spin than Indian captain Virat Kohli, he had to face the wrath of netizens. 

On Sunday, as India toiled hard for runs with not so many wickets in hand, Vaughan highlighted that the average runs scored by Kohli and Root against spin to assert that the English skipper was better at it than his Indian counterpart. Vaughan also used the hashtag 'fact' to buttress his point. However, netizens rushed to destroy Vaughan's 'fact' as they pointed out that the Indian skipper plays more Tests in spin-friendly conditions than Joe Root. 

Here's how Twitter reacted: 

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Skipper Joe Root scored a superb double century in his 100th Test as England continued to frustrate India, amassing 578 in the first innings of the Chennai Test. The 30-year-old Root became the first player to notch up a double ton in his 100th Test on the way to his 218 off 377 balls, while Ben Stokes hit a counter-attacking 82 off 118 balls, studded with 10 fours and three sixes. On Day 3, Rishabh Pant's beautiful edge-of-the-seat hitting ended with his now customary indiscretion, putting India under the pump against a supremely confident England gunning for victory at the end of third day's play. At stumps, India were 257 for 6 in reply to England's massive first innings score of 578 with 122 runs still needed to avoid the follow-on after Pant (91 off 88 balls) and Cheteshwar Pujara (73 off 143 balls) added 119 runs for the fifth wicket.

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