Michael Vaughan said that spin will play a big part at Headingly as it did in the last few years.
Ajit Agarkar recalled Virat Kohli's phenomenal show against England during the 2018 tour.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club had on Thursday acknowledged that Rafiq was the victim of racism. The club apologised to the Pakistan-born English cricketer.
With India leading the series 1-0, one expects more aggression from Virat Kohli's team but Root said his team has learnt its lessons from the previous game and will not be drawn into the conversations needlessly.
Sachin Tendulkar further rated the current Indian bowling attack as best in the world.
Pujara (45 off 206) and Rahane (61 off 146) thrived under tremendous pressure to bat for almost 50 overs for a 100-run stand, taking the game to day five.
Bumrah endured a below-par WTC final against New Zealand and was also not effective when he played a couple of Tests against England in India on unhelpful tracks.
According to Root, the game could have turned on its head on the surface which was used in the match but India were slightly ahead.
Ashwin, who picked up six wickets for Surrey in his last first-class game, was on Wednesday excluded for the first Test against England, as India went in with four fast bowlers.
Five of England's top six batsmen fell to deliveries that came in. Shami scalped three of those top six, and all were on those that came in, including the wicket of Dan Lawrence who was caught down the leg-side.