Joe Root who beat the England National Cricket Team achieved a great feat in history Test cricket. He overtook first batsman Kumar Sangakkara to become the 6th leading run-getter of all time in the longest format of the game with 12,400 runs to his name.
England’s Joe Root scored a second innings success on Day 3 of the ongoing third Test against the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team. The final match of the three-match Test series between the teams is played at the Kennington Oval in London.
Joe Root did not have a great outing with the bat in the second innings for England. But the right-hander made sure that he achieved a great deal in Test cricket. He went past Kumar Sangakkara as he scored his 12401st run in the longest format of the game.
Joe Root has become a beast in Test cricket. The right-hander is breaking records for fun in the longest format of the game. Currently ranked No. 1 in the format, the right-hander has been scoring truckloads of runs for Team England.
Root is currently the best Test trend. In the ongoing summer, the inclination was nothing short of exceptional, as it has been beating for centuries after centuries. He has surpassed it Alastair Cook’s record for most Test centuries by an England player.
In the last match against Sri Lanka, Joe Root scored a sensational effort, hitting twin centuries. He hit right handed He scored 143 runs in the first innings followed by 103 runs from 121 balls in the second innings, setting a new record for the most hundreds by an England player in Test cricket.
Joe Root is on the verge of surpassing Alastair Cook in terms of most Test runs
Joe Root is also on the verge of overtaking Alastair Cook in terms of most Test runs for England. Great Britain is 5th in the table with 12472 runs. With his form, it won’t be a surprise if he even breaks Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most Test runs in the history of the game.
Most runs in test cricket
15921 – Sachin Tendulkar
13378 – Ricky Ponting
13289 – Jacques Kallis
13288 – Rahul Dravid
12472 – Alastair Cook
12402 – Joe Root
12400 – Kumar Sangakkara
When it came to the Test match, the playing hands were evenly matched. England, who were asked to bat first as wicketkeeper Ollie Pope scored 154 and Ben Duckett scored 84, overall 325 runs on the board. They started well with the ball as well, dismissing Sri Lanka 93/5.
But Dhananjaya de Silva (69) and in-form Kamindu Mendis (64) frustrated England on day two with an unbroken century partnership to help the team post 263 runs. However, England put in a poor performance with the bat in the second innings and were all out for 156 runs.
Sri Lanka set a target of 218 runs to chase and they started quite well. Although Dimut Karunaratne falls early, Pathum Nissanka keeps his team in the hunt. He is playing positive cricket along with Kusal Mendis and would like to help the team win and finish the series on a high.
