Middle-order batsman and former captain Joe Root became the highest run-scorer for England in the Test format.
In the Multan Test against Pakistan, Joe Root, the famous batsman of the English team, won several records and he also won the national record for scoring the most Test runs, surpassing the former captain of England, Alastair Cook.
According to media reports, English batsman Joe Root scored the 35th century of his career in the first innings on the third day of the Multan Test against Pakistan. done
Joe Root scored 12 thousand 473 runs by scoring 73 runs and snatched this record from former England captain Alastair Cook, who scored 12 thousand 472 runs in Test cricket.
Last month, Joe Root also took away the national record of most centuries from former captain Alastair Cook by scoring 2 centuries against Sri Lanka at Lord’s Cricket Ground and now he has surpassed him in terms of runs as well.
On the other hand, after completing more than 12,000 runs, Joe Root has become the fifth highest run-scorer in the world in Test cricket.
In this list, Sachin Tendulkar is first with 15 thousand 921 runs, Ricky Ponting is second with 13 thousand 378 runs, Jacques Kallis is third with 13 thousand 289 runs and Rahul Dravid is at fourth place with 13 thousand 288 runs.
Earlier, during the Multan Test match, Joe Root also became the seventh cricketer to score 1000 Test runs 5 times in a calendar year.
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