The Narendra Modi Stadium here is known as the world’s largest cricket stadium with a capacity of around 1.30 lakh. Even the distance from the dressing rooms to the pitch area is huge. We learn that a batsman has to come down 90-plus steps to hit the turf, a  nice warm-up before taking guard.

England’s star one-drop batsman Joe Root (86-ball 77), who arrived at the crease after opener Dawid Malan’s (14) dismissal in eighth over, must have experienced the same feelings.  And the warm-up helped him to be red hot.