New Delhi. Virat Kohli is falling behind his Fab Four teammates. England’s Joe Root scored a brilliant century against West Indies on Sunday. With this, he has taken a big lead over Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson in terms of scoring the most runs in Tests. All these four cricketers are included in the Modern Fab Four.
33-year-old Joe Root scored 120 runs in the second innings of the second Test against West Indies. With this innings, Joe Root surpassed Shivnarine Chanderpaul in terms of most Test runs. Now Brian Lara is his target. Joe Root needs just 14 runs to leave the legendary Lara behind. Joe Root now has 11940 runs in 142 Test matches. Lara has 11953 runs in 131 Tests.
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Apart from the overall record, if we talk about the modern Fab Four, then Joe Root has gone far ahead of the other three batsmen. Joe Root is the only batsman in the Fab Four who has scored more than 10 thousand Test runs. Australia’s Steve Smith is second in this list. He has scored 9685 runs in 109 Test matches. Virat Kohli has 8848 runs in 113 Tests. Kane Williamson is fourth among these four modern greats. The gentleman batsman of New Zealand has scored 8743 runs in 100 Test matches.
It is clear that Joe Root has now gone far ahead of Virat Kohli, Smith and Williamson in the list of most Test runs. The first target of Virat, Smith and Williamson will be to complete 10,000 runs. At the same time, Joe Root must now be thinking about leaving behind Kumar Sangakkara (12400), Alastair Cook (12472) and Rahul Dravid (13288). The form Joe Root is in suggests that he will leave behind Sangakkara and Cook this year itself. Rahul Dravid’s record is also on Joe Root’s target, but for this he may have to wait till next year.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 22, 2024, 09:40 IST