Joe Root has expressed interest in playing in IPL 2022 but only if it does not have a negative impact in his Test career.
A poor showing by England in the Ashes has left question marks over whether or not Root will carry on as Test skipper.
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon says the home team are eyeing a 5-0 Ashes 2021 whitewash over England due to the World Test Championship.
Extras was the third-highest scorer for England in Tests in 2021 after Joe Root and Rory Burns.
The England cricket team were bowled out for 68 despite a deficit of 82, giving them an unwanted record after the Ashes loss in Melbourne.
Joe Root has admitted that the Test environment in England has not been ideal after Ashes debacle at the MCG.
The second day of the third Ashes Test in Melbourne saw a fighting effort from England bowlers to limit the damage and dismiss Australia for 267.
The match started with Australia 61-1 in reply to England’s first innings total of 185 on a green-tinged pitch at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. At Tea, Australia were 6 for 200.
Once again it was a poor batting performance from England as they were dismissed for a paltry 185 in the first innings of the Boxing Day Ashes Test.
England captain Joe Root scripted yet another Test record as he surpassed former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith’s record of scoring most runs as a captain in a calendar year.