Rajasthan Royals’ batter Joe Root was recently asked to choose between playing under MS Dhoni or Virat Kohli. Joe Root found it pretty difficult to decide between the two Indian stars but eventually answered the question in a hilarious manner.

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Joe Root was picked by Rajasthan Royals in the auction ahead of IPL 2023 for INR 1 crore. However, he is yet to make his IPL debut as the Sanju Samson-led side have a got well-settled combination.

MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli: Joe Root picks in a hilarious manner

Rajasthan Royals have posted a ‘This or That’ game video on their official Twitter handle in which Joe Root, Devdutt Padikkal and Dhruv Jurel hilariously responded to some interesting questions. The host also asked the players to pick the captain under whom they would like to play.

Young RR batters Dhruv Jurel and Devdutt Padikkal moved to MS Dhoni’s side without taking much time to think. However, the English batter found it pretty difficult to choose between the MS Dhoni vs Virat Kohli option.

Joe Root took few seconds to think and eventually chose Dhoni and walked towards ‘Play Under MS Dhoni’ side in a hilarious manner. Rajasthan Royals captioned the video as, “Finally asked Joe that last question.”

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The former England captain has played 32 T20Is scoring 893 runs at an average of 35.72 with 5 fifties under his name. However, he never got picked by any IPL franchise till 2022. He put his name in the IPL 2023 auction list as well and finally got a bidder in the form of Rajasthan Royals.

The Sanju Samson-led side have got the likes of three star overseas players Jos Buttler, Trent Boult and Shimron Hetmyer who have regularly got featured in their playing XI in the ongoing season of the cash-rich league.

They have also got Jason Holder and Adam Zampa both of whom have got to play a few games in IPL 2023. With the presence of multiple overseas options in their squad, Rajasthan Royals are yet to give a game to Joe Root and hence he’s still waiting to showcase his potential.

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