Will Joe Root break Shubman Gill’s big record in 2025? Need to score this many runs in the fourth test of the Ashes series

By Samira Vishwas On Dec 23, 2025

England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has had a great year 2025 in international cricket. Playing in ODI and Test formats, Root has scored a total of 1598 runs so far this year. Even though England has faced consecutive defeats in the ongoing Ashes series 2025-26 against Australia, in terms of individual performance, Root remains the most reliable batsman of the team.

The record of scoring most runs in international cricket in the year 2025 is currently in the name of Indian batsman Shubman Gill. Gill has scored 1764 runs in 42 innings of 35 matches at an average of 49. Whereas Joe Root has scored 1598 runs in 31 innings of 24 matches at an excellent average of 57.06 and is at third place in this list.

Now Root has a golden opportunity to break this record of Shubman Gill. For this, he will have to score a total of 167 runs in the fourth test of the Ashes series 2025-26. This match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 26 December. If Root scores 167 runs in both the innings of this test, he will become the highest run-scorer batsman in international cricket in the year 2025.

Second in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs this year is West Indies’ Shai Hope, who has scored 1760 runs in 42 matches at an average of 40.00. Whereas Zimbabwean batsman Brian Bennett’s name is at number four. Brian has scored 1585 runs in 39 matches at an average of 35.22. Whereas Pakistan’s Salman Ali Aga has scored 1569 runs in 56 matches this year at an average of 32.22 and is in fifth place in this matter.

If we look at Joe Root’s performance in the Ashes series, he has scored 219 runs at an average of 43.80 in the three Test matches played so far, which also includes a century. However, England has almost lost this series and the host team is leading 3-0.

In such a situation, scoring runs for Joe Root is not just limited to breaking records, but is also very important for saving England’s reputation, making a respectable comeback in the series and the points table of the World Test Championship 2025-27. Currently, England is at seventh position with 27.08 PCT with 5 losses in 9 matches.