Virat Kohli vs Joe Root
Virat Kohli…The GOAT means the Greatest of All Time. You can also call him a run machine. He has carried the burden of Indian cricket on his shoulders for the last decade. After Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement in 2013, the question was who would replace him. The bigger the question, the easier Virat Kohli answered it. In these 11 years, Virat Kohli has seen many ups and downs in his career, but it never felt like any other player of the current era is even close to him. But now Joe Root has made cricket fans feel that he should also be included in this league in which fans have been counting Virat Kohli. Although he has done this only in the Test format, but becoming the best in Tests is not an easy task.
Who is the real king of test cricket?
Test is the oldest format of cricket. Even today it is called the real form of cricket. Root has now completely dominated this format. Before the year 2020, Root had not achieved much from Test cricket. The year 2020 is the period when Virat Kohli is at the lowest point of his career and at the same time, Joe Root is achieving the pace that once made many cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman great. Virat Kohli is still called the goat of modern day cricket, so it would be better to compare Root with him.
Root changed the whole game after 2020
Virat Kohli vs Joe Root. If we take a look at the statistics of both the batsmen in Test cricket since the year 2020, Virat Kohli looks like an ordinary player in front of Joe Root. If any player gives tough competition to Virat Kohli, then that player is given a very high status. Here Joe Root did not even let Virat Kohli stand in front of him. After 2020, on one hand Virat Kohli has scored 1646 runs in 29 Test matches at an average of 33.59. On the other hand, Root scored 5018 runs at an average of 55.14 during the same period. Virat has only 2 centuries in Test cricket since 2020, while Root has scored 17 centuries.
Root vs his dominance
This difference of two and seventeen is enough to tell how fast Joe Root is becoming dominant in this format. The statistics of Root and Virat are also testifying that Root should now be declared the real king of Test cricket. Root has scored 12131 runs in 144 matches in Test cricket at an average of 50.33. Virat Kohli has 8848 runs in 113 matches at an average of 49.16. It is not known when Virat Kohli lagged so much behind Root in this race. Virat Kohli has scored a total of 29 centuries in Test cricket. Root now has 34 centuries to his name. In the second match of the Test series being played against Sri Lanka, Root has scored a century in both the innings.
Root leads the way in FAB 4
Fab 4 means four batsmen who ruled modern day cricket with their batting. Apart from Virat Kohli and Joe Root, it also includes the names of Kane Williamson and Steve Smith. If we talk about the centuries of Fab 4 in Test cricket, then Root is moving ahead at the speed of a sports car. Till January 2021, Root had the least number of centuries among these four batsmen in Test cricket, but today Root is at the top of this list. In January 2021, Root had 17 centuries, Virat had 27 centuries, Steve Smith had 26 centuries and Williamson had 23 centuries. Today Root is at number 1 with 34 centuries, while Kane Williamson is at the second place. Who has 32 centuries to his name. Smith is at the third place with 32 centuries. At the same time, Virat Kohli has scored 29 centuries.
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