Joe is on the target of Root, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar can make this history in Manchester Test
Joe Root Record: Joe Root is very close to making its place in the record book once again. England star batsman is now eyeing the historical records of two veterans Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar. In the Manchester Test, Root will have a golden opportunity to create history. If he does a big feat here, then his height in Test cricket will become even higher.
England’s trusted batsman and world number 1 Test batter Joe Root will now be eyeing the record book in the Manchester Test. In the fourth Test starting on July 23, the root does wonders with the bat, then two big records can be their names.
In the Lord’s Test in the last match, Root scored the top in both innings for England. He scored 104 runs off 199 balls in the first innings and scored 40 runs in the second. His contribution to England’s 22 -run win was important.
Now if Root scored 120 or more runs in the Manchester Test, he will leave behind Australia’s Ricky Ponting (13,378 runs) and became the second player to score the most runs in Test cricket. Root currently has 13,259 runs in 156 Tests.
Batsman who scored the most runs in Test cricket
- Player run
- Sachin Tendulkar 15,921 runs
- Ricky Ponting 13,378 runs
- Jacques Kallis 13,289 runs
- Rahul Dravid 13,288 runs
- Joe route 13,259 runs
Not only this, if he takes two half -centuries in this Test, then he will also equal the record of 68 fifty in Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s Test cricket. Currently, Root has 66 half -centuries.
The highest half -century players in Test cricket
- Player half -century
- Sachin Tendulkar 68 half -centuries
- Joe Root 66 half -century
- Shivnarayan Chandrapaul 66 half -century
- Rahul Dravid 63 half -century
- Alan Border 63 half -century
England are ahead 2–1 in the series and Root will not only be on record, but he would like to win this match and also to win the England series.
