WATCH: Stuart Broad offers mock handshake to unimpressed Joe Root amid Coronavirus threat

A day after England skipper Joe Root revealed that team was going to ditch handshakes amid growing threat of vel coronavirus, teammate Stuart Broad invited ire from captain after a gesture. Joe Root said his players will t be shaking hands on ir tour of Sri Lanka in a bid to avoid coronavirus.  Yorkshire batsman said instead of shaking hands, England players will greet each or with fist bumps. England were hit by a series of gastroenteritis and flu problems before and during first Test on ir recent tour of South Africa.

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Stuart Broad mocks Joe Root's gesture

Stuart Broad took to Twitter to post a video where he is seen reading a news piece about joe root anuncing England's doing-away with handshakes and n offers a handshake to Joe root, who is seated across him. A visibly miffed Joe root can be seen staring back at Stuart Broad. England will play first of two practice games against a Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI in Katunayake on Saturday ahead of Tests, which will form part of ICC World Test Championship

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Coronavirus forces England to ditch handshakes

"After illnesses that swept through squad in South Africa, we are well aware of importance of keeping contact to a minimum and we've been given some really sound and sensible advice from our medical team to help prevent spreading germs and bacteria," Root said.

"We are t shaking hands with each or, using instead well-established fist bump, and we are washing hands regularly and wiping down surfaces using anti-bacterial wipes and gels we've been given in our immunity packs.

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"re is suggestion that tour will be affected, but of course it is an evolving situation so we are in regular contact with authorities and will proceed as advised, but at this st we fully expect tour to continue as planned."

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