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Root is first participant on this planet to attain 3,000 runs within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) as captain.
Joe Root is first participant on this planet to attain 3000 runs in WTC as captain. (Image Credit score: AFP)
Joe Root is main England within the three-match Take a look at sequence towards Pakistan. On Day 2 of the primary Take a look at between the 2 groups at Headingley in Leeds, he entered his title within the historical past books by turning into the first participant on this planet to attain 3,000 runs within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) as captain.
The 35-year-old right-handed batter from Yorkshire wanted 42 runs within the first Take a look at towards Pakistan to take his tally to three,000 WTC runs as captain, and he achieved the feat through the second session on the second day.
Root, who returned as England’s Take a look at captain after Ben Stokes’ retirement from worldwide cricket in June 2026, was unbeaten on 37 on the finish of Day 1 of the Leeds Take a look at. He scored the remaining 5 runs within the post-lunch session on Day 2 to achieve the milestone of three,000 runs within the WTC as captain.
Within the record of gamers with essentially the most runs within the WTC as captain, Root is adopted by Stokes.
Most runs in WTC as captain
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST SCORE | AVERAGE | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Root | England | 34* | 63* | 3000* | 228 | 50.13 | 8 | 13 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 40 | 71 | 2182 | 155 | 32.56 | 3 | 11 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 24 | 45 | 2160 | 244 | 49.09 | 6 | 12 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 32 | 64 | 1994 | 160 | 32.68 | 3 | 12 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 20 | 37 | 1918 | 196 | 56.41 | 4 | 13 |
Stokes performed 40 Exams as captain within the WTC and scored 2,182 runs. The one different participant to attain greater than 2,000 runs within the WTC as captain is former Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne. Karunaratne led Sri Lanka in 24 WTC matches and scored 2,160 runs.
After turning into the primary captain to attain 3,000 runs within the WTC, Root will now look to interrupt Ricky Ponting’s file for essentially the most runs in dwelling Exams. Ponting performed 92 Exams for Australia on dwelling soil and scored 7,578 runs. Root, then again, has 7,542* runs to his title thus far.
Most runs in dwelling Exams
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | INNINGS | RUNS | BEST SCORE | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 92 | 154 | 7578 | 257 | 23 | 38 |
| Joe Root | England | 88* | 154* | 7542* | 254 | 24 | 34 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 94 | 153 | 7216 | 217 | 22 | 32 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 81 | 129 | 7167 | 374 | 23 | 34 |
| Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 88 | 143 | 7035 | 224 | 23 | 34 |
He wants to attain at the very least 37 extra runs within the ongoing Take a look at at Headingley to go previous Ponting’s tally and take the No. 1 spot on the record of batters with essentially the most runs in dwelling Exams.
Root additionally has 67 half-centuries to his title within the longest format of the sport. If he manages to attain a fifty for England within the first innings of the continued Take a look at, he’ll equal Sachin Tendulkar’s world file for essentially the most fifties in Exams.
Most half-centuries in Exams
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 | 15,921 | 68 |
| Joe Root | England | 167* | 14,156* | 67 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 164 | 11,867 | 66 |
| Rahul Dravid | India | 164 | 13,288 | 63 |
| Allan Border | Australia | 156 | 11,174 | 63 |
| Ricky Ponting | Australia | 168 | 13,378 | 62 |
Sachin performed 200 Exams for India between 1989 and 2013 and scored 68 half-centuries. Root, who’s taking part in his 167th Take a look at in Leeds, has 67 fifties to his credit score.
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Ask News18Joe Root has already turn into the primary participant to attain 3,000 runs within the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) as captain this season. He’s additionally seeking to break Ricky Ponting’s file for essentially the most runs in dwelling Exams.
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