Watch Video: Cricket fans shocked by the ‘voodoo magic’ from Joe Root after his bat standing on its own video goes viral

The former England captain scored a brilliant century in the Lord’s Test on Sunday. On the basis of his century, England defeated New Zealand by five wickets and now they are 1-0 ahead in the series. Joe Root not only handled the troubled English team, but by scoring an unbeaten 116, he led the team to victory.

England achieved the target of 277 runs, which is very difficult in the fourth innings. By the way, during his century innings, Joe Root did such a magic (Joe Root Bat Magic) that the world was stunned to see. The magic video of Joe Root is going viral on social media.

A video of Root standing at the non-striker’s end has gone viral on social media and fans are stunned to see what the 31-year-old managed to pull off.

In the short video clip that is doing the rounds on social media, Root’s bat could be seen standing on its own and it has led to a lot of reactions as fans are shell-shocked to see the magical trick by the former England skipper.

While some called it sorcery, others labelled it as black magic. Here are some of the best reactions to Root’s magical ‘balancing act.’

The thing of wizards! https://t.co/Frv3oUz43Z

— Duncan Paveling (@Bostondunk) June 6, 2022

His bat has flat bottom.
But also, I can confirm that he is a magician, it is evident from yesterday’s match. Such class ! 👏 https://t.co/WcGxACCK5Z

— Vinay Telangana 🙏 (@ClanTelugu) June 6, 2022

I genuinely cannot explain this, what? https://t.co/LYaaNmrgbo

— BN | (@newcombe_brett) June 6, 2022

Black Magic Bc
Ban root @ICC https://t.co/XojDoAQcvt

— Jayant (@paandeyyyy) June 6, 2022

Root has a bat.
The bat has roots. https://t.co/oKXWPHqVlG

— Abhishek Mukherjee (@ovshake42) June 6, 2022

Stokes has had it since CWC'19 final. Now Joe Root also has it.

"The Bat of God." 🔥 https://t.co/WZaAlNNJ6j

— Vinit (@DrVKGothi) June 6, 2022

Later, an English journalist clarified that Root’s bat has a flat bottom which allows it to stand on its own on any surface.