New Delhi. England's star batsman Joe Root has scored a lot of runs in the ICC World Test Championship. During the Test series being played against Pakistan, he achieved such an achievement which no other batsman had achieved. England star Joe Root has become the first batsman to score 5 thousand runs in the World Test Championship. Marnus Labuschagne of Australia, who is running at second position, has not even scored 4 thousand runs.
Joe Root achieved a big achievement during the first test being played between Pakistan and England in Multan. This batsman, who has been continuously scoring runs in Test cricket, now has more than 5 thousand runs in his name in the World Test Championship. This batsman, who is playing his 59th match in the tournament, has so far scored 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries. Joe Root returned unbeaten after scoring 32 runs on the second day in the first innings of Multan Test. His team will hope for another century innings.
Joe Root made a big record
Joe Root crossed the 5000 run mark in his 107th innings of 59 test matches. Batting at an average of 51.59, he has scored 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries. Australia's Marnus Labuschagne is at second place in the list. Having played 45 matches, he has scored 3904 runs with 11 centuries and 19 half-centuries. Australia's Steve Smith, who is at third position, has scored 3486 runs. England captain Ben Stokes is at fourth position with 3101 runs while Pakistan's Babar Azam is at fifth position with 2755 runs.
In the first innings of the Multan Test match, Pakistan scored 556 runs on the basis of century innings by captain Shan Masood, opener Abdullah Shafiq and Salman Aga. At the end of the second day's play, England scored 96 runs at the loss of 1 wicket. After the first wicket fell for just 4 runs, Joe Root and Jack Crawley made a partnership of 92 runs. Crawley is playing on 64 runs and Root on 32 runs.
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 8, 2024, 20:08 IST
