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At the press conference after the match, the Pope said in a funny way, “They don’t run much behind milestones. But this is a great record – the second most runs in the Test.
Delhi: England batsman Oli Pope believes that who can become the highest run -scorer in root Test cricket. He said that even though the root does not run after the records, it is clear from the manner in which he is playing at this time that he is hungry to reach the top.
Joe Root scored 150 runs
On the third day of the Manchester Test, Root scored 150 runs while batting tremendously. Thanks to his innings, England scored 544/7 by the end of the third day’s play. This was the 38th Test century of the route. With this, he finished second in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in Test cricket, leaving behind Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting.
‘They do not run after mile stones’
At the press conference after the match, the Pope said in a funny way, “They don’t run much behind milestones. But this is a great record – the second most run in Tests. I am sure that he was aware of it.”
Tendulkar’s record can break the root
Oli Pope further said, “The kind of form he is in, I am confident that he will definitely try to become number 1. He is hungry in him.” Let us know that Joe Root is currently behind Sachin Tendulkar only 2,662 runs.
Root has scored 13,000+ runs
Root played his 157th match with Manchester Test. These are the lowest matches in the history of Test cricket in which a batsman has completed more than 13,000 runs. At present, his average is 57.40, the second best among the top-5 batsmen after Ricky Ponting (58.72).
Root’s bang forms since Kovid
Since March 2020 i.e. Kovid’s time, the routes are in tremendous form. During this, he has scored 5,810 runs in 65 Tests and scored 21 centuries. No other batsman in the world has been able to score so many runs at this time. At number two is Steve Smith of Australia, who has scored 3,250 runs in 46 matches.
British players have played the most tests
One thing is also that England have played the most Test matches after Kovid. Root has also got the benefit of playing continuously, but his continuity and performance have brought him to a special place.
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