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Joe Root's heart broke and eyes also became moist, did you see the emotional video that went viral from the English dressing room?
Joe Root Viral Video: The most exciting match of the tournament was played in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday, 26 February. Yes, we are talking about the eighth match of the current season of the Champions Trophy in which Afghanistan defeated the England team by 8 runs at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
It is worth noting that after this historic victory, while on the one hand the Afghan team and fans were very happy, on the other hand there was silence in the English dressing room. A video of this time has surfaced in which England team's star batsman Joe Root is looking very sad and disappointed. Not only this, his eyes also looked completely moist.
In the viral video on social media, it can be seen that 9 wickets of the English team have fallen and they still need 11 runs in 7 balls to win. In such a situation, Joe Root, sitting with Captain Jos Buttler in the dressing room, loses hope. The situation was such that he could not even control himself and his eyes started getting moist due to grief. After this, when the Afghan team defeats England, Joe Root completely breaks down. In this video, Jos Buttler is also seen very sad. This is the reason why this video is going viral.
It is worth noting that in this match, the Afghan team had given the English team a target of 326 runs in 50 overs to win, in response to which Joe Root played a brilliant century innings of 120 runs by facing 111 balls and hitting 11 fours and 1 six for England. However, he did not get support from any batsman from the other side. This is the reason that in the end, even Root's century innings could not give victory to the English team and they lost this match by 8 runs.
Also know that the England team has played 2 matches in the tournament and they have faced defeat in both. With this, he is also out of the race for semi-finals.
