India cricket captain Virat Kohli surely knows how to even the scores. The  stylish right-hander had a special send-off for the England skipper Joe Root. It was during the first day of the 1st Test match at Edgbaston that the England skipper was sent packing by a runout, owing to a brilliant piece of fielding by Kohli.

The Indian cricket captain was at mid-wicket collected the ball and aimed it the stumps at the non-striker’s end. Joe Root was with Jonny Bairstow and the former attempted to take a second single. But Kohli’s fielding sent him back to the pavilion. As a result, Root was out on 80 runs and Kohli celebrated his wicket with a mic drop gesture.  Watch the video below.

If you may recall, Joe Root celebrated his century with a bat drop with Virat Kohli watching on. With this, England not only won the ODI match but also clinched the series by 2-1 at Headingley. Watch Root’s gesture below.

However, the England cricket captain was criticised severely for the act. Later Root also admitted that he was embarrassed by the act. He said, “It was something that I immediately regretted," Root said.

"I've not heard the end of it, it was literally the most embarrassing thing I've done on a cricket field. I don't think it will be the last I hear of it from the group - they've been hammering me. You'd think if you were going to do a celebration like that, you'd have smacked it 30 yards out of the ground. It was just an absolute car crash," he further added.

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