Joe Root gets closer to Sachin Tendulkar
Joe Root Century vs Sri Lanka: Former England Test captain Joe Root is in great form right now. Whenever he enters the field for a match, he makes some record in his name. Meanwhile, Root has scored another century in the Test series being played against Sri Lanka. During this, he has created many new and unique records. The special thing is that he can soon break the World Cup record of Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. Root still has a lot of time.
Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 143 runs against Sri Lanka
Joe Root played a brilliant century innings on the very first day of the second Test being played against Sri Lanka. Joe Root scored 143 runs facing 206 balls. The special thing about this innings was that not a single six came from his bat, but he hit 18 fours. At one point, the England team was in trouble after Daniel Lawrence and Ollie Pope got out early. First Root recovered the team from trouble, then brought it to a strong position. Joe Root has now become the seventh highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
Joe Root left Brian Lara behind
Joe Root is also the active player to score the most runs in Test cricket. That means the six batsmen ahead of him have all retired. During this innings, he also surpassed West Indies’ greatest batsman Brian Lara. Lara had scored 11953 runs in 131 matches in his Test career, while Joe Root has now scored 12274 runs in 145 matches. Now Joe Root is slowly moving towards Sachin Tendulkar’s record.
Joe Root needs 3647 runs to become the most run-getter in Test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 15921 runs in 200 matches in Test cricket. As for Joe Root, we have already told you that he now has 12274 runs. That means Joe Root has to score 3647 runs from here to surpass Sachin Tendulkar. Which should not be a difficult task for Root. Joe Root’s focus is only on Test cricket. Root is just over 33 years old now. That means he can play cricket for three to four more years from now. If he plays for so many days, then it will not be a difficult task for him to score around three and a half thousand runs.
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