England's Joe Root plays a shot on the streets of Chennai. Photo / Twitter
In India, you are likely to come across a game of cricket being played in the street. But it's rare to see one of the sport's biggest stars plying his trade.
That's exactly what happened on Friday, however, when England batsman Joe Root was left to practice on a Chennai
road.
Root arrived for training at M A Chidambaram Stadium to discover that no nets were available to the England batsmen due to damage done to the ground by Cyclone Vardah. But like any good sportsman, he wasn't deterred.
Root, who has 52 caps and 4,500 Test runs to his name, strapped on his pads and a helmet to face practice deliveries from a member of the coaching staff - though he did stop short of dragging out a wheelie bin to use as stumps.
