Joe Root Record: Between Pakistan and England (PAK vs ENG 1st Test) test series The first match is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium, where English star batsman Joe Root has broken the record of former England batsman Alastair Cook by thrashing the Pakistani bowlers. Not only this, Root has also equaled the record of former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid by scoring a half-century in the Multan Test.
Broke the record of 'Sir Alastair Cook' by scoring 71 runs
Joe Root has completed 71 runs in his innings for Pakistan, after which he has now become the highest run-scorer in Test cricket as an English player. He has achieved this feat by breaking the record of Alastair Cook, who has 12472 test runs in his name. Apart from this, he has become the fifth player in the world to score the most runs in the Test format. Sachin Tendulkar is on top in this list with 15921 runs.
Not only this, he has also become the English player who has scored the most half centuries against Pakistan. 17 half centuries have been registered in his name against Pakistan. Whereas Alastair Cook has 16 half centuries in his name.
Even equaled Rahul Dravid
Joe Root has also equaled the great batsman Rahul Dravid by scoring a half-century against Pakistan in Multan. He now has 99 Test half-centuries to his name in the Test format, while Rahul Dravid has also scored the same number of Test half-centuries in his Test career. In this list, he is jointly at fourth place. Only Sachin Tendulkar (119), Jacques Kallis (103) and Ricky Ponting (103) are above him.
Also know that as an English player, he has come second in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket against Pakistan. He has overtaken David Gower who had scored 1185 runs in the Test against Pakistan.
Let us tell you that till the time of writing the news, Joe Root is still on the field and has scored 72 runs after facing 118 balls.
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