IND vs ENG: Root dropping Rohit in Rajkot Test turned around the series, feels former English opener

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IND vs ENG: Root dropping Rohit in Rajkot Test turned around the series, feels former English opener

Former England opener-turned-commentator Nick Knight feels Joe Root dropping Rohit Sharma in the first innings of the third Test, in Rajkot, changed the course of the India-England series. Back then, the scoreline was 1-1 and India had lost three early wickets after opting to bat first in Rajkot. Rohit was given a reprieve by Root, at 27, when the former English skipper dropped a catch at slips, off Tom Hartley's bowling, only for the Indian capt