Joe Root completed his 12000 runs in Test cricket
The last match of the three-match Test series is being played between England and West Indies at Edgbaston ground. In this match, West Indies’ first innings was limited to 282 runs on the first day’s play. On the other hand, on the second day’s play, the host England team had lost 5 wickets at a score of 54 at one point. After this, Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 87 runs and played an important role in taking the team to a better position. On the basis of this innings, Root also did a big feat in Test cricket in which he also completed 12000 runs in his Test career.
He became the second player from England and the 7th player in world cricket
Joe Root has shown a great performance with the bat in this Test series against West Indies. He also crossed the 12000 run mark with his excellent innings of 87 runs in the Edgbaston Test. With this, Root has now become the 7th player to score more than 12 thousand runs in Test cricket and the second player after Alastair Cook to do so for England. Joe Root has now reached the 7th position in the list of players scoring the most runs in Test cricket, leaving behind legendary batsman Brian Lara. Root did this feat in the 261st innings of his Test career. Joe Root missed out on scoring his 33rd Test century in this innings.
Batsmen who scored the most runs in Test cricket
Sachin Tendulkar – 15921 runs
Ricky Ponting – 13378 runs
Jacques Kallis – 13289 runs
Rahul Dravid – 13288 runs
Alastair Cook – 12472 runs
Kumar Sangakkara – 12400 runs
Joe Root – 12027 runs
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