New Delhi. Former captain Joe Root has become the first batsman for England to score 20,000 runs in international cricket. Root played an unmatched inning of 262 runs in the Multan test match against Pakistan. He completed twenty thousand runs in international cricket by hitting a four off Pakistan's fast bowler Shaheen Afridi. Root has become the 13th batsman in the world to achieve this feat. However, Root is at third place in the list of fastest batsmen to reach this figure. Virat Kohli has the record of scoring the fastest 20 thousand international runs. In this list, legends Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara are jointly at second place.
Right-handed batsman Joe Root touched the 20,000-run mark in 458 innings, while Sachin and Brian Lara had to take the same 453 innings. Former Team India captain Virat Kohli has achieved this milestone in 417 innings. Root has left AB de Villiers behind in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in international cricket.
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Sachin is number one in this matter
Sachin Tendulkar is at number one in terms of scoring most runs in international cricket. Sachin has scored the maximum of 34357 runs in 664 international matches, while Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting have scored 28016 and 27483 runs respectively. Virat Kohli is at number four in this list. Kohli has scored 27041 runs in international cricket while former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene has 25957 runs in his name.
Joe Root completes 20 thousand runs in international cricket
Joe Root has scored 20081 runs in international cricket. He left behind the record of De Villiers, who has 20014 runs in his name in international cricket. Root has reached number 11 in the list of batsmen who have scored most runs in international cricket. He hit 17 fours in 375 balls in the first innings of the Multan Test match. Root scored the sixth double test century of his career. Virat holds the record for scoring the most number of double centuries in Tests among active players. Virat has scored a total of 7 double centuries.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 10, 2024, 22:07 IST
