Joe Root: England’s star batsman Joe Root has created history in the first match of the 3-match Test series being played between England and Pakistan.
Joe Root: Joe Root…this legendary batsman of England is in the news at the moment. In the news because he did something in the history of England Test cricket which surprised the cricket world. Now Root has become the batsman who has scored the most test runs for England. He has left behind former captain Alastair Cook by breaking his record.
This legendary right-handed batsman now has 12473 runs in his name in Test cricket. He is unbeaten on 83 runs in the first innings of Multan Test. He has achieved this feat in only 147 Test matches, whereas Cook took 161 matches to reach here. In which he scored 12472 runs.
This record was also recorded in the name of Root
Joe Root has also made the record of scoring most Test centuries for England. He has 34 centuries in his account so far and has reached close to his 35th century. He has become the 5th batsman to score the most runs in Tests in the whole world.
Players who scored the most runs in Test cricket (Most Run in Test)
15921 runs – Sachin Tendulkar (India) 13378 runs – Ricky Ponting (Australia) 13289 runs – Jacques Kallis (South Africa) 13288 runs – Rahul Dravid (India) 12473 runs – Joe Root (England) 12472 runs – Alastair Cook (England)
Joe Root is now the leading run-getter for England in Tests.
Most runs in Test cricket
15921 – Sachin Tendulkar13378 – Ricky Ponting13289 – Jacques Kallis13288 – Rahul Dravid12473* – Joe Root12472 – Alastair Cook12400 – Kumar Sangakkara#PAKvENG pic.twitter.com/QVUAfPstCZ
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 9, 2024
How far is Root from Sachin?
Joe Root is still far away from Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 15921 runs. He is more than 3500 runs behind Tendulkar. To break this record, he will have to play well continuously for at least 4-5 years.
Made the record of highest number of fifty against Pakistan
Joe Root has also made a special record against Pakistan. He has scored 17 half-centuries against Pakistan, leaving behind Alastair Cook, whereas Cook had scored 16 half-centuries against this opponent.
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Nobody has ever scored more Test match runs for England than Joe Root.
He is now the leading Test run scorer for his country – overtaking Sir Alastair Cook.
12,473 runs – and counting! #PAKvENG #BBCCricket pic.twitter.com/FePtxrUBPw
— Test Match Special (@bbctms) October 9, 2024
Root has scored 17 centuries in the last 4 years
33 year old Joe Root is in tremendous form these days. He has scored more than 1000 runs in three of the last four years. There was definitely a decline in his performance when he was captain, but now this veteran is scoring runs continuously. He has proved that Root still has a lot of hunger for runs. You will be surprised to know that this player has scored 17 centuries in the last 4 years. This proves that he is one of the best Test batsmen of the modern era.