Joe Root admitted that his selection in the team was surprising, says a report in Daily Mail.
'It was a little bit of a surprise. But I got myself into a good frame of mind once I found out and tried to get my head round it as quickly as I could.'
'I was delighted to get the opportunity, and to score a few runs at the same time was a real good feeling. It would be wrong to say there are no nerves when you're waiting to bat in Test cricket for the first time, but I've got a great team around me who were very encouraging and helpful. Once I got in the middle I was quite relaxed,' he added.
On what advice the senior players gave him when he walked out to bat, he said, “More than anything, it was just to keep your foot movements very precise and very quick and just grind it out. The guys who had gone in before said it was tough out there and it was quite a defensive field, so it wasn't fast scoring. It was about getting your bearings and being patient. You just try to adapt to the conditions and the situation.'
Meanwhile, The Guardian quoted Root saying, “You dream of this as a kid but I just tried to play the situation and adapt to the conditions. I told myself to keep my feet movement precise and to grind it out. It was not a situation for fast scoring. I just wanted to get my bearings, be patient and keep it as simple as possible."