The century of Joe Root in the ongoing 2nd Test of the Ashes 2025-26 caused some out-of-the-field hilarious moments because of a comment of Australian cricket legend Matthew Hayden. The former cricketer had jokingly promised that he would run nude in Melbourne if Root failed to score a hundred in the ongoing Ashes series. This is not going to happen, as the England batter smashed a century at The Gabba.

Now, Grace Hayden, daughter of Matthew Hayden, with a sense of humour, shared a hilarious story on her Instagram account. She thanked the almighty, as her father would not have to run naked around the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Grace thanked Joe Root for "saving all our eyes". "Root, thank you. You've saved all our eyes," she wrote in her Instagram story shortly after Root reached the milestone. The screenshot of the Instagram story quickly went viral across social media platforms, thanks to her huge fan following.

England was struggling earlier in the ongoing match, which is a pink ball test, because of early strikes from Mitchell Starc. Root stepped up on a big occasion and rescued his team from a possible batting collapse. The right-handed batter remained unbeaten for 138 off 206 with fifteen boundaries and one over boundary. With the help of Root's hundred-plus-run knock, England registered 334 runs in their first innings of the day-night Test.

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Hilarious reply as Joe Root scored century in the 2nd Test of The Ashes

For Australia, Mitchell Starc took a total of 6 wickets in his 20-over spell in the first phase of the game. After the century of Root, Matthew Hayden took some moments to celebrate the occasion out of the commentary box.

A viral video, posted by Channel 7, showed Hayden broke into an enthusiastic dance outside the commentary box as soon as the England batter completed his century.

Let's cross LIVE to Matthew Hayden after Joe Root's century...

😂 #Ashes pic.twitter.com/4Wnnp5vsMN

— 7Cricket (@7Cricket) December 4, 2025

Rishabh Pant, the Indian wicket-keeper batter’s comeback story from his horrible car accident, sounds like a movie. The way he marked his return from the encounter in December 2022 was when he was involved in a car accident that left him with multiple injuries, including dislocation of the ankle, wrist, and hand, and back injuries. Since then, he has gone through various rehabs to return to the game.

During a recent interaction on Inside Sports, the daughter of the former left-handed opening batter Matthew Hayden, Grace Hayden, revealed that she had a soft corner for Pant as she was given the choice to pick one of KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant. And Grace didn’t hesitate to reveal her admiration for the Indian southpaw.

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“I have a soft spot for Rishabh Pant. Because of his injury. I think the way that he has come back, fighting, and to play at the level he is playing right now. Ridiculous. That is one strong human being. Hats off. That’s a gangsta (on Pant coming out to bat even after fracturing his toe against England).” Hayden told Inside Sport during an interaction.

Grace Hayden reveals reason behind her admiration for Rishabh Pant

The left-handed batter returned to the action through the IPL 2024 for the Delhi Capitals. He recently dominated the five-match T20I series with 479 runs at an average of 68.43 with the help of two centuries at Leeds in Headingley during the opening encounter. He became the only wicket-keeper batter for the Blue Brigade to score centuries in both innings of a Test match.

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Grace Hayden reveals why she has a soft spot for Rishabh Pant 🏏 pic.twitter.com/IySq8Hzsr4

— InsideSport (@InsideSportIND) August 12, 2025

The 27-year-old has overall nailed 3427 runs in 82 innings of the red-ball format at an average of 44.50 and a strike rate of 74.16, scoring eight centuries and 18 half-centuries at the best score of unbeaten 159 runs.

Pant missed the fifth and final Test against the Ollie Pope-led side at Kennington Oval in South London after he injured his foot in Manchester during the fourth Test. He also didn’t keep wickets in that contest and the third game at Lord’s after he broke his finger while keeping wickets against Jasprit Bumrah’s wobbler seam bowling.