Joe Root: A Phenomenal Player Targeting 25,000 Test Runs in 10 Years

2023-06-17 11:35:15

London: Teammate Jonny Bairstow has predicted that England player Joe Root will play Test cricket for another 10 years and will score around 25000 runs in Tests. Root scored his 30th Test century once morest Australia in the first Test of the Ashes series. In his press conference following the first day’s play, Bairstow predicted 25,000 runs in the Root Test.

Root’s century was brilliant. As someone who has seen his ups and downs up close and as someone who has known him for a long time, there is no greater pleasure in witnessing this century. Root is a phenomenal player and talent. I think he has another 10 years left in Test cricket. There is also a possibility of scoring 25000 Test runs. Bairstow also joked that perhaps even at the age of 55, Root will continue to play.

Root scored the 30th century of his Test career yesterday following reaching 11,000 runs in the Test once morest Ireland last month. Root, who reached his century off 145 balls, remained unbeaten on 118 off 152 balls. Jonny Bairstoke put together a crucial partnership of 121 runs to get England reeling at a score of 176-5. Root, who scored 11,122 runs in 131 Tests for England, now needs 4,799 runs to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921 runs in Tests.

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The 32-year-old Root, who has scored 3299 runs at an average of 58.91 in 62 innings played since 2021, can easily surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record in current form. Root scored 17 centuries in the first 98 matches of his career and scored 13 centuries in the next 33 matches.

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