Delhi: England cricket team’s legendary batsman Joe Root has created history by breaking the record of former captain Alastair Cook. Root has taken the record of scoring most runs for England in Test cricket, which was earlier held by Cook. Cook had scored 12472 runs for England, but now Joe Root has achieved this feat by playing a brilliant innings against Pakistan.
Joe Root did a big feat in the ICC World Test Championship, became the first batsman to do so
With this achievement, Root has further strengthened his place among the great batsmen of England cricket. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the history of Test cricket, with 15,921 runs, followed by Australia’s Ricky Ponting with 13,378 runs. In third place is Jacques Kallis of South Africa, who has 13,289 runs in his name. At the same time, Indian legend Rahul Dravid is at fourth place with 13,288 runs.
Recently, England’s Joe Root has captured the fifth position by scoring 12,473* runs, leaving behind Alastair Cook (12,472 runs). Till the time of writing this news, in the Multan Test, Joe Root is at the crease after scoring 86* runs, in which he has hit 6 fours.
FAQ
Joe Root is a player of which team?
In the first match of this series, England’s legendary batsman Joe Root has a chance to achieve a big achievement.
What record can Joe Root make?
If he scores 27 runs, he will become the first player in the world to score 5000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship (WTC).
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