Joe Root created history by surpassing Alastair Cook made 3 records in a single innings.
Joe Root has created history. By scoring 73 runs in Multan, he has become the highest run scorer for England in Tests. Earlier this record was held by Alastair Cook. Not only this, Root has made 3 records in a single innings against Pakistan in Multan. Batting first, Pakistan scored 556 runs. In response to this on the second day, England lost the first wicket at just 4 runs. After this, Joe Root came to bat and as the innings progressed, records started getting added to his name one by one.
Before playing against Pakistan, Joe Root had scored 12402 runs in 146 matches at an average of 50. Apart from this, he also had 34 centuries and 64 half-centuries to his name. He has been among the batsmen who have consistently performed well for England, which he proved again by making a record. Before lunch on the third day, he touched the figure of 12474 runs by scoring only 72 runs. With this, he surpassed Cook and became the highest run-scorer for England. Cook had scored 12472 runs in 161 matches of his career at an average of 45.
First batsman to score 5000 runs in WTC
Joe Root made many records in his first innings on the Pakistan tour. He achieved a big feat in the World Test Championship (WTC) as soon as he completed 27 runs. Root has now become the first and only batsman in the world to complete 5000 runs in the history of WTC. He has played a total of 59 matches in the WTC cycle, in which he has scored 5005 runs.
After Root, Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has the most runs. He has scored 3904 runs in 45 WTC matches. Steve Smith is in third place with 3486 runs in 45 matches. England's Ben Stokes is at fourth place in this list with 3101 runs and Pakistan's Babar Azam is at fifth place with 2755 runs.
Most 50+ scores in Tests
Joe Root's innings crossed 50 runs from 27 runs. He created another record by equaling India's great batsman Rahul Dravid. Actually, this is Root's 65th half-century in Tests and now apart from Dravid, Root has also scored fifty-plus in Tests 99 times. The record of doing this the most number of times is held by India's great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. He played innings of more than 50 runs 119 times in his Test career. After him, this feat was achieved by Jacques Kallis and Rico Ponting, who did this 103 times.