Root, one of the rising stars in English cricket, is the second-highest scorer for his team with 369 runs in the series, is also a fantastic fielder and a handy part-time off-spinner.
The 23-year-old, who is averaging 46.55 in Tests, hasn't been involved in too many series wins and he is looking forward to one against India.
"It is exciting. We've not been in this position for a while. There are a lot of new faces around. We will really try to nail down what has been a good little bit of form in the last two games. If we can make it three that will be great," said Root while interacting with the media.
Asked about England's transformation since Lord's, Root said. "More than anything else we've won the key parts and recognized them a bit earlier. We've stayed really tight as a side, even when we were struggling at Lord's -I think we came out of that really well."
Root acknowledged that the Anderson-Jadeja spat had helped to bring the team together.
"The good thing that came from it was that we didn't let it affect us. That may be one way where we did get tighter (as a unit). It gave us another incentive to want to throw a punch back at them," said Root, who, however, expects India to fight back at The Oval.
"India are a very good side -we know that -and we're going to have to make sure we do everything we can to win this series comfortably," he added.
Talking about his personal form, Root, who struggled in the Ashes in Australia, said, "It's always nice to get runs after you've struggled a little bit. I obviously struggled, as did a lot of people out in Australia, but you come back and get the opportunity to score runs. When you get yourself in you want to make sure you go and make big scores."
Root dismissed all talks about him being a successor to Alastair Cook as is being reported and suggested in several quarters.
"It (captaincy talk) didn't come anywhere near the front of my mind. We knew that Alastair is the man to take us forward. That's one area we've been very good, we've stayed very tight to what we believe in and I think that's why we've managed to turn it around," Root said.
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