with five hundreds and six fifties. However, he had a rare failure in the third Test against Sri Lanka registering scores of 13 and 12 across two innings. The failure cost England dearly as they ended up losing the match by eight wickets. Reflecting on Root's failure, Vaughan mentioned how important he's for the England batting line up calling him the glue that holds them together. "This week really hit home to me how important Joe Root is to this batting lineup. His batting is the key. All these flamboyant players around him get flamboyant fifties. But without the glue at No 4 getting the huge amount of runs he does, they are knackered," wrote Vaughan in his column for The Telegraph. Further ahead, the former English skipper mentioned how Root won't be as consistent against Bumrah who loves to bowl against the batting stalwart. Jasprit Bumrah enjoys bowling at Root: Vaughan "He can't do it every week, and he didn't do it this week. Jasprit Bumrah enjoys bowling at Root, and could severely limit his output next summer. The same goes for Pat Cummins in Australia, where Root has never scored a hundred. England have to have ways of succeeding when Root doesn't make big runs. On the basis of this game, they don't," he added. Notably, Root boasts a phenomenal record against India having scored most runs of his Test career against the Asian Giants. The 33-year-old has scored 2846 runs against India so far at an average of 58.08 with ten hundreds and 11 fifties. He will be eager to continue his form against his favourite opposition next year as he faces Bumrah,