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Joe Root created history became the 8th highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket
Joe Root has surpassed West Indies legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Chanderpaul had scored 11867 runs in 164 Test matches at an average of 51.37. Root has broken this record in just 142 matches and has scored 11,869 runs so far, in which his average is 49.87.
Joe Root, a former England captain, is now eighth in terms of Test cricket runs scored. He accomplished this in the second game of the ongoing home Test series against the West Indies. Root scored only 14 runs in the first innings of the Test match in Nottingham, but he hit a half-century in the second.
Joe Root has surpassed Shivnarine Chanderpaul, a West Indies legend. Chanderpaul had 11867 runs in 164 Test matches, with an average of 51.37. Root broke the record by scoring 11,869 runs in only 142 matches, with an average of 49.87.
Now there are 7 batsmen above Joe Root in Test cricket, who have scored more runs than him. West Indies' Brian Lara is in the 7th position in this matter, he has scored 11953 runs in 131 Test matches with an average of 52.89. Root's next target will be to beat this record. However, it is still very difficult to break Lara's record of highest score of 400 not out.
