India, Jan. 5 -- Joe Root's record-equalling 41st Test century wasn't enough to prevent England from enduring a lower-order collapse, which saw the team get all out for 384 with its former captain top-scoring with 160. However, as much as love, respect and admiration Root received for his century, his teammate, Jamie Smith, was bombarded with the same amount of flak after the England wicketkeeper played a horrendous shot to gift his wicket away.

Smith, who was England's find in the Test series against India last year with 434 runs, including a century and two fifties, was batting on 41, tasked with the responsibility of taking the team towards 450 if not more, had a rush of blood, and took on Marnus Labuschagne in his first over. Labusch...