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Father reveals Joe Root practiced batting on one leg to achieve balance
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The Times of India | 14/06/2022 10:42 PM | Click to read full article
When sporting activities including cricket came to a halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, English maestro Joe Root started practising batting on one leg to achieve better balance, his father Matt has revealed.
One of the greatest modern-day batters, Root has been in phenomenal form in the ongoing Test series against New Zealand in which he surpassed Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar in the list of top run-getters in the traditional format.