India, Sept. 25 -- Joe Root was just 11 years old when he went to Headingley to watch the Indian Test cricket team in action. Big lads like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag were part of the Indian playing XI in that 2002 game. The wicket was juicy, and when Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat, the English experts were shocked. But then India made a massive 628/8d thanks to centuries from Tendulkar (193), Ganguly (128) and Dravid (148) and went on to win by an innings and 46 runs.

On day two, it got quite dark towards the close of play. The umpires however continued on with the game as Tendulkar and Ganguly put the English bowlers to the sword. Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott, who was doing co...