Joe Root created a new record, did an amazing feat in the World Test Championship
Joe Root Record in World Test Championship: If there is any player synonymous with consistency, then his name can only be Joe Root. Joe Root is continuously batting brilliantly and is making new records. Now on the second day of the Multan Test against Pakistan, the former England captain has achieved another big feat. He has made this record in the history of the World Test Championship i.e. WTC, so it becomes even more special.
Joe Root is the only batsman to score five thousand runs in the World Test Championship.
The World Test Championship started in the year 2019, since then till now Joe Root has done the work of scoring the maximum runs. He has gone far ahead of the other batsmen. Now he has also completed the figure of 5000 runs in WTC. Joe Root has so far scored 5000 plus runs in 107 innings of 59 matches in the World Test Championship. Here his average is 51.46 and he is scoring runs at a strike rate of 59.11. So far, he has managed to score 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries in the World Test Championship. From this it can be understood what kind of form he is in at the moment.
Names of these batsmen after Joe Root
While Joe Root has scored more than 5000 runs in WTC, the number two batsman still has less than 4000 runs. This means that at present he does not see any other batsman giving him any competition. The batsman who has scored more than three thousand runs in the World Test Championship is Marnus Labuschagne, who has scored 3904 runs in 45 matches. After this, Steve Smith is also a part of this club. He has also scored 3486 runs by playing 45 tests. England’s Ben Stokes has so far scored 3101 runs after playing 48 tests. No other batsman has more than three thousand runs.
Gave support to the team in difficult times
Joe Root came out to bat against England today at a time when the team was in trouble. The Pakistani team had scored more than 550 runs and England’s opener Ben Duckett got injured and could not come for the opening. Captain Ollie Pope came to bat along with Jack Crawley, but he could not even open his account and returned to the pavilion after getting out. After this, Joe Root came at number three and worked to get the team out of trouble.
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