Dhoni put up a valiant 50* but it was not enough as KKR ran out winners in the end
Root was England's top scorer in the 2016 World Cup final when they lost to West Indies but has not played a Twenty20 International since May 2019.
England lost to West Indies in the final of the 2016 T20 World Cup but bounced back by winning the 50-over World Cup in 2019.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.
England captain Eoin Morgan says his team is 'gathering momentum nicely' as the last edition's runners-up hope to improve on their showing in the upcoming T20 World Cup.
The Hundred is a franchise-based 100-ball cricket event that was supposed to start last year in England
India are unlikely to tinker with the winning combination save the return of star white-ball opener Rohit Sharma
England name their 16-member squad for T20Is against India
Images from the fourth Twenty20 International between India and England, in Ahmedabad, on Thursday.
All-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday was not included in England's 15-man preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as he continues to take a break from cricket to focus on his mental health, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.
Punjab, who are on eight points from 11 games, need to win the match to keep their play-offs hopes alive, while KKR (10 points from 11 games) also need a victory to boost their hopes.
Ireland scored an impressive 123-run win against Uganda in Chittagong.
Stand-in skipper Moeen Ali smashed a blistering half-century and picked up two key wickets in the West Indies chase as England squared the five-match Twenty20 series at 2-2 with a 34-run victory in the fourth game in Bridgetown on Saturday.
England amassed a world record One-Day International total of 444 for three as they crushed Pakistan by 169 runs at Trent Bridge on Tuesday to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Jos Buttler struck the last ball of the innings for four to take Eoin Morgan's men past Sri Lanka's 443 for nine against Netherlands in July 2006.
Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan says his team's four-wicket win over RCB in the IPL Eliminator was possible due to Sunil Narine's outstanding all-round effort.
England captain Eoin Morgan indicated that they will replace out-of-form opener Jason Roy with Jonny Bairstow.
The 24-year-old, born in Barbados and who represented West Indies at Under-19 level, was not in England's provisional squad and only made his ODI debut little over a fortnight ago.
England captain believes there is change of mentality in the resurgent England squad
Images from Friday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians, in Abu Dhabi.
The best-case scenario for RR would be Kings XI Punjab losing their last match and Sunrisers Hyderabad winning no more than one in their last two outings.
Images from the first One-Day International between India and England, in Pune, on Tuesday.
With Mahendra Singh Dhoni still hitting big sixes, CSK teammate Moeen Ali said he wouldn't be surprised if MSD was still leading Chennai Super Kings next year.
Images from Wednesday's IPL match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, in Dubai.
For KKR, the biggest cause of concern will be the availability of big-hitter Andre Russell, who hurt his knee when he dived into the advertisement boards after missing a catch on Saturday.
KKR are gradually emerging as a strong contender for a third IPL title
England edged past Sri Lanka by 10 runs to reach the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi, on Saturday.
England debutant Dawid Malan's hard-hitting 78 helped the hosts to a 19-run victory over South Africa in their Twenty 20 international at Cardiff on Sunday to secure a 2-1 series win.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's astute captaincy will be Chennai Super Kings' biggest weapon against a clinical Kolkata Knight Riders, whose troika of top-notch spinners promise to hold the aces in the high-octane Indian Premier League final in Dubai on Friday.
Wood believes Morgan's audacious ball striking, which helped England to a massive 397-6, sums up the team's fearless approach to one-day cricket in recent years.
Superb centuries from Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell lifted Australia to a dramatic three-wicket victory over England on Wednesday as the visitors clinched the one-day international series 2-1.
England have named uncapped Hampshire all-rounder Liam Dawson in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20, to be staged in India next month, but there was no dramatic recall for Kevin Pietersen.
England captain Eoin Morgan was devastated by their loss in the semi-final of the Twenty20 World Cup and said Jimmy Neesham's blistering cameo tilted the see-saw contest in New Zealand's favour.
England beat Pakistan by 44 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis scoring method in a rain-affected first One-Day International in Southampton on Wednesday.
England will not force any player to tour Bangladesh, limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan said, in the wake of the July 1 attack on a Dhaka cafe in which 22 people were killed.
Chinaman spinner Kuldeep Yadav's magical spell of wrist spin and KL Rahul's dazzling strokeplay helped India outclass England by eight wickets in the first T20 International in Manchester, on Tuesday.
Bairstow further credited their batting depth to play with freedom at the top.
England may have been utterly humiliated in their second World Cup pool match against co-hosts New Zealand but Sunday's nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka was much more damaging, according to former England captain Mike Atherton.
'When you play on slower wickets, it's more important to play with the wrists and that comes naturally to me. I took on the extra pace (of Umran) today and it came off in this game, but in another game it might not'
Pant made 21, hitting a six off Jofra Archer (3-23) with a cheeky reverse-scoop before Ben Stokes dismissed him.
Dinesh Karthik has failed to produce any significant score despite batting ahead of Eoin Morgan so far in the tournament.
