Delhi: In the third Test match being played against New Zealand, England captain Ben Stokes won the toss and chose to bowl first. New Zealand scored 347 runs in the first innings, while England had a very bad start and the team lost 5 wickets for only 100 runs. However, during this period, the great batsman Joe Root made a big record in his name by playing a short but important innings.
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The right-handed batsman scored 32 runs in the first innings, which included 6 fours. With this performance, Root became the foreign batsman who scored the most Test runs in New Zealand. He broke the record of former Pakistan great Javed Miandad, who had scored 928 runs in New Zealand. Root has so far scored a total of 952 test runs on New Zealand soil. Sachin Tendulkar is at third place in this list, who had scored 842 runs here.
List of foreign batsmen who have scored the most test runs on New Zealand soil
- Joe Root:952 runs
- Javed Miandad:928 runs
- Sachin Tendulkar: 842 runs
- greg chappell:786 runs
- Rahul Dravid:766 runs
It is noteworthy that Root is in excellent form at the moment and has won many important matches for England. Since making his Test debut in 2012, Root has scored 12918 runs in 152 Test matches. These include 36 centuries and 64 half-centuries. He is also the batsman who has scored the most test runs for England.
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