Joe Root has a chance to create history, can make Sachin Tendulkar’s Maharikord equal to the Edgbaston Test
Joe Root Record: Five matches between India and England Test series The second match of (Eng vs Ind 2nd Test) will be played at Birmingham Cricket Stadium in Edgbaston from Wednesday, 2 July. Significantly, during this match, England star batsman Joe Root can equal a Maharikord of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
Yes, this can happen. First of all, know that this legendary England batter has scored 13,087 runs in 281 innings of 154 Tests so far for their country, scoring 13,087 runs. He is the fifth highest run -scorer in the history of Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar will match the record
In the Edgbaston Test, if both the routes play a half -century innings in both innings, then in doing so, he will match the Maharikord of Sachin Tendulkar’s highest half -century in the history of Test cricket.
It is worth noting that Sachin Tendulkar has done the feat of getting 68 in Test cricket, while at present, Joe Root has 66 Test half -century. That is, he needs to score only two half -centuries to match the great Sachin Tendulkar in this special record.
Players who have scored the highest half -century in Test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar – 68
Joe Root – 66
Shiv Narayan Chandrapal – 66
Alan Border – 63
Rahul Dravid – 63
England’s squad for Edgbaston Test against India
Ben Stokes (Captain), Joffra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethel, Harry Brook, Breedon Cars, Sam Cook, Jack Croly, Ben Docket, Jamie Overton, Oli Pope, Jo Root, Jamie Smith, Josh Tung, Chris Woakes.
Team India’s Test Squad for England Tour
Shubman Gill (Captain), Rishabh Pant (Vice -captain and Wicketkeeper), Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Sai Sudarshan, Abhimanyu Ishwar, Karun Nair, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Juril (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Krishni Deep, Krishni Deep, Akash Deep, Kuldeep Yadav.
