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What is Joe Root’s record as a bowler in Test cricket?

Ahead of the first Test between India and England at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, Ben Stokes said that Joe Root might take the new ball if needed. The part-time bowler has 60 Test scalps to his name at an average of 44.33, with one five-wicket haul and one four-wicket haul. Incidentally, Root’s best Test figures of 5/8 came against India in the Day-Night Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad during England’s 2021 India tour.