Joe Root 14000 Test Runs: England’s star batsman Joe Root has made one of the biggest achievements in cricket history. On the fourth day of the second Test match being played against New Zealand at The Oval, Root crossed the magical figure of 14,000 runs in Test cricket. With this, he has become only the second batsman in the world and the first batsman from England to score 14 thousand runs in Test history. In terms of scoring the most runs in Tests, he is only behind the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
Entry into the club of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar
Till now, great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was the only player in the cricket world who had scored more than 14,000 runs in the Test format. Now in the nearly 149 years of Test history, Joe Root has become the second batsman to join this special and elite club. Sachin Tendulkar had achieved this milestone in his 279th innings, whereas Joe Root took 302 innings to reach here. However, in terms of matches, Root has achieved this feat in fewer matches than Sachin. It took Sachin 171 matches to reach here, whereas Root has played 165 Test matches.
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How far away from breaking Tendulkar’s world record?
Joe Root has so far scored 75 runs in the second innings of this match, he would like to convert it into a big score on the 5th day of the game. With these 75 runs, he has now scored 14073 runs in Test. At the same time, Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in Test cricket, who has scored a total of 15,921 runs in his career. That means Joe Root still needs 1849 runs to break this world record. At the same time, Root is still 35 years old, so if his form continues then he can make this historical record in his name in the future.
The match reached an exciting turn
So far the game of 4 teams has been played in this match. New Zealand has set a target of 463 runs for England, in response to which the England team has scored 182 runs and lost 5 wickets. Now he needs 281 runs on the last day of the game and only 5 wickets are left in his hands. However, the good thing is that the routes remain on the crease. There are going to be very high expectations from him on the last day of the game.
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