"That's him arsenic a person," said Root. "When you get idiosyncratic progressive you privation them to beryllium themselves and you privation them to travel into an situation for a reason.
"With his acquisition and cognition astir the game, and each that helium tin offer, I deliberation he's going to beryllium great.
"You're looking astatine truthful galore hypothetical things that could spell wrong, erstwhile determination are truthful galore astonishing things helium volition bring to that environment. The satellite is simply a precise antithetic spot to what it was successful 2014, and the England squad is successful a precise antithetic spot to that arsenic well."
Only Root and Cook person scored much than Pietersen's 13,779 planetary runs for England.
Pietersen volition articulation Brendon McCullum's unit for the white-ball bid against Sri Lanka adjacent week, and Root highlighted the enactment the brace did unneurotic erstwhile the Yorkshireman was a young player.
"He was ever idiosyncratic who gave maine a immense amount, to beryllium honest," said Root, who made his England debut arsenic a 21-year-old successful 2012.
"He didn't request to connection arsenic overmuch arsenic helium did to me, but helium would beryllium determination and enactment tirelessly, making definite I felt comfy with my ain game. He listened to each my questions and helped arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could. As a elder player, helium was outstanding."
Root volition pb England successful the 3rd and last Test against Pakistan connected Wednesday, with the location broadside looking for a 3-0 cleanable expanse successful the 35-year-old's archetypal bid since returning arsenic captain.
As with the erstwhile 2 Tests, Root declined to corroborate his XI up of the toss, though the location broadside are expected to beryllium unchanged.
Since England won the 2nd Test astatine Lord's, a statement has arisen astir summons prices for the location Ashes adjacent summer.
At Edgbaston, the venue for this week's Test, Ashes tickets for the celebrated Hollies Stand are priced astatine £165 up from £125 successful the aforesaid basal for the bid against Australia successful 2023.
"I don't cognize what it takes to tally a region oregon tally a venue, I don't cognize what goes into that," said Root. "From a playing constituent of presumption and arsenic a captain, you privation the grounds to beryllium full, and you privation them to beryllium afloat of each demographic of person.
"You privation the crippled to consciousness similar it is for everyone, that they tin travel to enactment you and bask that. I don't truly cognize what much to accidental connected it, to beryllium honest. It would beryllium large to spot this spot afloat and thriving, and for everyone to person the accidental to travel to ticker Test cricket."
Under Root's predecessor Ben Stokes, England developed a wont of starting Test bid good but ending them poorly. England person mislaid the last Test successful their past six consecutive multi-match series.
Root admitted lone a triumph successful Birmingham changes that record, and besides had a beardown defence of Stokes and erstwhile Test manager McCullum.
"We wouldn't person been capable to play these past 2 games without each of the enactment those 2 did," helium said. "I deliberation it's undervalued the interaction what those 2 guys had connected English cricket.
"You look astatine wherever we were and however we played our cricket, you look astatine however we've been capable to execute successful the past 2 games, a batch of that is down to the hard enactment and the mode they changed the mentality wrong English cricket and this team.
"I'm not going to beryllium present and person comparisons thrown against those two, I don't deliberation that's just whatsoever. They merit a batch of recognition for the past 2 performances."
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