England vs India 2018: Players to watch out for during the Test series

#5 Joe Root

Root will lead the England Test side

England’s Test captain is back in the runs, coming in at No. 3 against India in the last two ODIs and batting through the innings to make an unbeaten and match-winning century. Can he now do the same in Test matches - after making 13 fifties but only one century in his last 15 Tests? Of course, he can.

Root's low conversion rate in Test matches has long been a talking point surrounding the England star and one of the reasons his career record is one rung below those of batting contemporaries Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson.

The right-hander has previously expressed his frustration at the trend and acknowledges that turning half-centuries into three-figure scores can often be the difference between winning and losing Test matches.