Joe Root Leaves Fans In Splits; Uses Jack Leach's Head To Shine Ball During Multan Test - Watch

Star England batter Joe Root won the hearts of cricket fans with some hilarious antics towards star spinner Jack Leach during the first day of play in the second Test match between Pakistan and England on Tuesday (October 15) at the Multan Cricket Stadium. While cricketers are always looking for unique ways to shine the ball during a Test match within the legal parimeters. Root found a unique way out and used Leach's head. The video quickly went viral all over social media as cricket fans were left in splits by the legendary England batter's unique method. Watch Here

Using your head, literally! 🧠

Jack Root found a creative method of shining the ball by using Jack Leach's head 😁 pic.twitter.com/WG7epdj3Qi

— FanCode (@FanCode) October 15, 2024

Talking about the match, Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first. On a used wicket with plenty of assistance for spinners, Leach caused the home team early problems as he dismissed both Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood for single digit scores. However, Saim Ayub and debutant Kamran Ghulam brought the home team back on track with a 149-run partnership. Ayub made a knock of 77 in 160 balls, while Ghulam made a century after replacing former captain Babar Azam. Ghulam became the first number four batter to score a half-century for Pakistan since December 2022. Pakistan are 1-0 down in the series and looking for their first win at home in Test cricket since February 2021. The hosts are winless on Pakistan soil in the longest format of the game for 11 matches. They are also on a six-match losing run in the longest format after being whitewashed by Australia and Bangladesh. In a desperate move to turn around their fortunes, the selection committee took the bold move to drop Babar as well as star pacers Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah. Talking about England, they are riding high on confidence. In the first Test match, Root scored a double ton while Brook made a triple century as they posted the fourth-highest score in Test cricket history (823).