Joe Root, Most Runs in WTC: Sri Lanka cricket team is on a tour of England these days, where the 3 test match series between the two teams has started. The first match is being played in Manchester from Wednesday (21 August). In the match, the Sri Lankan team collapsed on 236 runs on the first day. After this, by the end of the day’s play, England scored 22 runs without losing any wicket. In this test series, all eyes will be on star English batsman Joe Root.
Joe Root is in a great form in Test cricket these days. Root is expected to bat explosively and score big in the series against Sri Lanka as well. If this happens, Joe Root will set a historic record in this series, in which others are far behind.
Joe Root will create history as soon as he scores 402 runs
Actually, this series between England and Sri Lanka is being played under the ICC World Test Championship. Joe Root has played 56 Tests in this championship so far, in which he has scored 4598 runs in 100 innings at a strong average of 49.97. During this, he has scored 14 centuries and 19 fifties.
Now Joe Root needs 402 runs to complete his 5 thousand runs. If he scores these runs and touches the figure of 5 thousand, then the historical record will be in his name. In this way Joe Root will become the first batsman to complete 5 thousand runs in the ICC World Test Championship. The record of 4 thousand is also registered in his name.
Rohit and Kohli are far behind in this list
After Joe Root, Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne is at the second position, who has scored 3904 runs in 82 innings of 45 Tests. That is, till now no batsman other than Joe Root has been able to touch the figure of 4 thousand. Indian captain Rohit Sharma is at number 8 with 2552 runs. While Virat Kohli is at number 14, who has scored 2235 runs in 60 innings of 36 Tests. His average has been 39.21.
Root also has a chance to make these 2 records
If Root scores 290 runs, he will become the highest run-scorer for English players against Sri Lanka. Currently, this record is held by Alastair Cook, who scored 1290 runs in 16 Test matches. After him, Root is in second place, who has scored 1001 runs so far.
If Joe Root scores 446 runs in this series, he will become the highest run-scorer English batsman in Test cricket. In this case too, he will break Alastair Cook’s record. Currently, Cook is at the top with 12,472 runs. While Joe Root is the second batsman from England, who has scored 12,027 runs in Tests so far.