Batsmen Zak Crawley and Dom Sibley have been dropped and will return to Kent and Warwickshire, respectively
Root, playing his 100th Test, was batting on 45 and Sibley on 53 when the break was taken at the M A Chidambaram stadium.
Centuries from Ben Stokes and Dom Sibley helped England lead Windies by 437 runs at the close of Day 2 of the second Test at Old Trafford, Manchester
Opting to bat, England ended day one at a promising 263 for three with Joe Root scoring a fine century in his 100th Test
Dom Sibley scored a 312-ball century in the second Test against West Indies. It was the slowest hundred in Test cricket since November 2014
England were 264-3 at the end of a wicketless first session in which the hosts added 57 runs in 26 overs against West Indies — the kind of rate that took test cricket back to the old days
Joe Root and Dominic Sibley were involved in a 200-run stand to help England dominate India on Day 1 of the first Test in Chennai
In a painstaking effort, England opener Dom Sibley took 312 balls to compile his century on Day 2 of the second Test against West Indies at Old Trafford