Joe Root On Most Runs In Test Record: Joe Root performed brilliantly in the second Test against Sri Lanka. Joe Root crossed the century mark in both innings of the Test. In the first innings, Joe Root scored 143 runs off 206 balls. While in the second innings, he scored 103 runs off 121 balls. At the same time, England defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 190 runs due to excellent batting and bowling. However, Joe Root scored the 34th century of his Test career. Now Joe Root is targeting the record of India’s former great batsman Sachin Tendulkar for most runs in Test matches, but will this English batsman be able to break the record of the Master Blaster? Joe Root himself has answered this question.
‘It’s a nice feeling to score a century, but if you…’
Joe Root said that at this time I am not looking at Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs in Test matches. I just want to play and contribute to my team. Joe Root further says that scoring a century is a pleasant feeling, but if your team wins the Test, then there can be no greater happiness than this. At the same time, if we look at the statistics, it is clear that Joe Root is the only one close to breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record of most runs in Test matches. After this are batsmen like Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson.
Joe Root vs Sachin Tendulkar…
Statistics show that Joe Root has scored 12377 runs in 145 Test matches so far. Joe Root has scored runs in his Test career at an average of 50.90 and a strike rate of 56.99. Joe Root has crossed the fifty-run mark 64 times in addition to 34 centuries in Test matches. Joe Root also has 5 double centuries to his name. Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, this batsman scored 15291 runs in 329 innings of 200 Test matches. The Master Blaster scored runs at an average of 53.79. This great batsman has 68 half-centuries to his name in Test format apart from 51 centuries. Apart from this, he scored 6 double centuries.
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