Root surpassed Smith’s test record after Kallis, Ponting and Dravid: ENG vs Ind

Delhi: In the fourth Test match against India, veteran England batsman Joe Root batted brilliantly and played an unbeaten 150 -run innings. Along with this, he not only brought England to a strong position, but also made many big records.

After Sachin, the route is now second

Root has now reached the second place in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in the history of Test cricket. His name is now 13,409 runs. With this achievement, Root has left behind veterans like Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting. Next to the root, now only the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who has 15,921 runs in Test cricket.

Root broke Steve Smith’s world record

Root has achieved another historical achievement. He has now become the batsman to score the most runs against one bowler in the history of Test cricket. He made this record against India’s spinner Ravindra Jadeja. Root has scored 588 runs against Jadeja so far. With this figure, he broke Smith’s record, who scored 577 runs against Stuart Broad.

The top 5 batsmen, who have scored the most runs against the same bowler:

Joe Root – 588 runs vs Ravindra Jadeja

Steve Smith – 577 Run Vs Stuart Broad

Virat Kohli – 573 runs vs Nathan Lyon

Cheteshwar Pujara – 571 Run Vs Nathan Lyon

Kumar Sangakkara – 531 runs vs Saeed Ajmal

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