Joe Root, England’s ace hitter, made history on Day 2 of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan on Tuesday.
On the second day of the first Test match between England and Pakistan in Multan on Tuesday, star batsman Joe Root wrote history. With two fours and 32 off 54 deliveries, Root became the first hitter in history to reach 5000 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC). Root had to score 27 runs to pull off the incredible feat going into the game, and he now has 5005 runs in 59 games. Marnus Labuschagne of Australia is ranked second with 3904 runs, and Steve Smith, another Australian, is ranked third with 3484 runs.
In the meantime, Root moved one step closer to tying the coveted record held by Sachin Tendulkar of scoring more than 1000 runs in most calendar years.
Following hundreds from Salman Ali Agha (104*), Abdullah Shafique (102) and captain Shan Masood (151) to smash a massive 556-run total, Pakistan
After England lost stand-in captain Ollie Pope to Naseem Shah early in the first innings, Root stepped up to calm the ship for the visitors. After losing Pope, he took caution with every delivery that came his way to make sure England didn’t lose any more wickets.
Root, who scored 32(54) while being cautious, mostly depended on spinning the stroke, found the boundary rope twice, and returned unharmed.
After hitting 1,000 Test runs in 2024, Root—who is predicted to surpass Sachin’s record in red-ball cricket—went back to the dressing room. The 33-year-old reached the 1,000-run milestone in Test cricket for the fifth time in his career.
To tie the record set by “Master Blaster” Sachin Tendulkar, he simply needs to record another calendar year in which he reaches the 1,000 Test run milestone.With an incredible total of six calendar years in which he amassed more over a thousand Test runs, Sachin presently holds the top spot.
Root is currently tied for the most Test run total in most calendar years with five, along with Brian Lara, Matthew Hayden, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara, and Alastair Cook.
