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Highlights Root became the first cricketer to score a double ton in his 100th Test At stumps, Dom Bess was not out on 28 while Jack Leach was batting on 6 Skipper Joe Root continued to torment the Indian spinners with a majestic double century that placed England in a commanding position and scuttled home team's chances of enforcing a favourable result in the first Test at Chennai's MA Chidambaram stadium on Saturday. England ended the day two at an intimidating 555 for eight, built around Root's 218 that was result of a near nine-hour effort in which he faced 377 balls. The pace of his innin...

Stokes though was in awe of Root's batting style, especially the way he countered the spinners. "It makes us all feel, you know, pretty rubbish (laughs), the way he makes batting looks. I was quite surprised he ran down the wicket and packed a six to bring up a double (century),” Stokes said at the press conference after day's play. 1/9 Previous Show Captions p England captain Joe Root became the first batsman to smash a double-hundred in his 100th Test, crafting a massive 218 runs to put his team in charge of the opening match against India in Chennai. (PTI Photo) /p