Joe Root did another big miracle in the Multan test match.
After the start of the second session on the fourth day of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and England at the stadium in Multan, the England team had crossed the score of 700 runs in its first innings. In which his lead was around 150 runs. For England, in this innings so far a partnership of 454 runs was seen between Joe Root and Harry Brook for the fourth wicket. Root also created a big record as a non-Asian player by completing his double century in the first session of the day.
Root is the first non-Asian player to score double centuries in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Till now, Joe Root’s bat has been seen speaking strongly against Pakistan in the Multan Test match, in which he was out after scoring 262 runs after lunch on the fourth day of the first Test match. Joe Root has also made a big record on the basis of his innings, in which he has become the first non-Asian player in world cricket, who now holds the record of scoring double centuries in all three countries – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. . Apart from this, he is also the third player who has been successful in scoring double centuries in these three countries. Earlier, Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene had achieved this feat.
Players who scored double centuries in Tests in Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan
- Virender Sehwag – 309 runs (Multan, 2004), 201 runs (Gall, 2008), 319 runs (Chennai, 2008)
- Mahela Jayawardene – 374 runs (Colombo, 2006), 275 runs (Ahmedabad, 2009), 240 runs (Karachi, 2009)
- Joe Root – 228 runs (Gall, 2021), 218 runs (Chennai, 2021), 262 runs (Multan, 2024)
Root became the first player to complete 20000 international runs for England.
In the Multan Test match, where Joe Root had made the record of scoring the most Test runs for England in the third day’s play, in the fourth day’s play he completed his 20,000 runs in international cricket and made this record for England. Has achieved the distinction of becoming the first player to cross the figure. With this, he has also become the 13th player to do so in international cricket.
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