IND Vs Eng: Joe Root made another world record, became the first cricketer in the world to do so
India vs england 5th Test: England legendary batsman Joe Root scored fourth fifty plus, batting brilliantly in the second innings of the fifth and last Test against India at The Oval Stadium. During this innings, Root took many special records.
Fourth innings world record
Route has jointly reached number one in terms of scoring the highest fifty plus score in the fourth innings in Test cricket. In this format, he has equaled Chris Gayle, Graeme Smith and Shivnarayan Chandrapaul by scoring a 13th fifty plus score in the fourth innings.
Maximum 50+ scores in the fourth innings of Test:
13 – Shivnarayan Chandrapaul
13 – Chris Gayle
13 – Graeme Smith
13- Joe Root
Special list included
Route has jointly reached second number in terms of scoring fifty plus scores against a team in the domestic Test match. Root in England against India, by scoring the 16th fifty plus score, equaled Herbi Taylor of South Africa, who did this against England in his country. Sir Don Bradman (17) is number one in this list.
Kallis and Jayawardene equal
Root’s Test in England is the 57th fifty plus score in cricket. He has come jointly in the list of players who scored the most fifty plus scores in the domestic Test match with Jack Kallis and Mahela Jayawardene jointly. Now only Ricky Ponting (61) is ahead of them.
6000 runs in WTC
During this innings, he completed 6000 runs in the history of the World Test Championship and became the first player to reach this figure. At number two in this list is Steve Smith of Australia, named 4278 runs.
