DTVHINDIWhen the former England captain tried to belittle Kohli by comparing him with Joe Root, fans lashed out at him on social media
Recently, Root scored the 33rd century of his Test career. Virat Kohli and Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter Former England cricket team captain Joe Root has created history by scoring the 33rd century of his career in the ongoing second Test against Sri Lanka at the historic Lord’s ground in London. After this century, he has jointly come on the first position in terms of scoring the most centuries for England. Root has equaled former English captain Alastair Cook. This is Root’s 6th century of his career at Lord’s. So in the match, when he was batting on 99 runs, he completed his century in 162 balls by hitting a boundary against Lahiru Kumara. After this, after scoring 143 runs, he played a shot against Milan Rathnayak and got caught by Pathum Nissanka at point. At the time of Root’s dismissal, England had scored 308 runs and England is currently in a better position in the match after the end of the first day. On the other hand, after Joe Root’s excellent innings, former England cricket team captain Michael Vaughan was seen comparing Root with the test career of former Indian captain and run machine Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that Vaughan has posted a photo on his official X account comparing the Test careers of Virat and Root. In the caption of this photo, he wrote – Good Morning India. As soon as he shared this post on social media, the anger of the fans reached the seventh sky. After this, cricket fans were seen scolding Michael Vaughan on social media itself. See how fans taught Michael Vaughan a lesson Morning India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ax5g75yLyS — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 30, 2024 Let’s see in Eng vs ind series. — Sandeep (@singhsandeeep) August 30, 2024 Test Centuries in Australia – Virat Kohli- 6Joe Root – 0 😭 First ask him to score a century in Australia, then compare — 🜲 (@HereforVK18) August 30, 2024 Great now show me Joe Froot’s limited overs career. Root’s a Home track bully scored 70% of his centuries in England — Cheems Bond 𝕏 (Parody) (@Cheems_Bond_007) August 30, 2024 Joe Root will have to take two births to match Virat Kohli’s 80th international century. — Alok Singh (@Thakurbhaiyaa) August 30, 2024 You forgot to count the number of 4s.They are very important, Michael.Remember, they got you a World Cup. — Dr. Devashish Palkar (@psychidiaries) August 30, 2024 Morning UK 🇬🇧 Test 100s (Outside Home) 16 – Steve Smith (out of 32)15 – Virat Kohli (out of 29)13 – Joe Root (out of 33)13 – Kane Williamson (out of 32) pic.twitter.com/DuEcDCqoW9 — Secular Chad (@SachabhartiyaRW) August 30, 2024 Kohli dominates in all 3 formats and league Root 1 format bully — Andleeb Akhtar (@viratkohli_un) August 30, 2024 Show me one such innings or shot of joe root. ‘Shot of an emperor’ Remember Vanghney? pic.twitter.com/sBH80xuAq7 — Pallavi🥂 (@PalluSays) August 30, 2024
Watching Gus Atkinson bat reminds me of Jacques Kallis: Joe Root
Atkinson played a brilliant inning of 74* runs in the second test match against Sri Lanka. Gus Atkinson (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second match of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka (ENG vs SL) has started on Thursday, 29 August at the historic Lord’s ground in London. At the end of the first day of this match, England has scored 358 runs for the loss of 7 wickets while batting brilliantly. For England, former captain Joe Root batted brilliantly and scored 143 runs, scoring the 33rd century of his Test career. Apart from Root, fast bowler Gus Atkinson was also seen batting brilliantly and is still at the crease, scoring 74* runs in 81 balls with the help of 5 fours and 4 sixes. A 92-run partnership for the 7th wicket was also seen between Root and Atkinson. Also, during his innings, Atkinson scored most of the runs in the V (from mid-on to mid-off). Now, impressed by Atkinson’s batting, Root has made a big statement. Root says that watching Atkinson bat reminds him of Jacques Kallis. Joe Root praises Gus Atkinson Let us tell you that after the first day of the second Test against Sri Lanka ended, England Cricket has posted a video on its official X account. In this video, Joe Root said- Yes it is good, it is really good to watch him (Gus Atkinson) bat. I will tell you why it is good to watch him bat from the other end. When he hits those straight sixes from the other end, those are unbelievable shots. It is like watching someone like Jacques Kallis bat. It was a great little innings and he had some great partnerships along the way.
Joe Root has made two big records in his name, now his eyes are on this special record of Sachin
Joe Root has scored 64 half centuries in his Test career. Joe Root (Photo Source: Twitter) England defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets in the first Test match. Star batsman Joe Root played an important role in England’s victory. With this victory, the hosts have taken a 1-0 lead in the two-Test match series. Sri Lanka had set a target of 205 runs for the English team to win in the Manchester Test, at one point the host team was struggling while chasing this score, then Joe Root led the team to victory by playing an unbeaten innings of 62 runs in 128 balls. Joe Root made two big records on the basis of his innings. With these 62 runs, Joe Root has reached the third position in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in the fourth innings of Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, Alastair Cook and Graeme Smith. In this matter, he has surpassed India’s Rahul Dravid and West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul. These two legends had scored 1580 and 1575 runs respectively in the fourth innings during their careers. Joe Root made many big records in the first test against Sri Lanka Now Joe Root has reached the fourth position in this list with 1589 runs. Joe Root’s eyes will now be on the world record of Sachin Tendulkar who is at the first position in this list with 1625 runs. Now there is only a difference of 36 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root. This was Joe Root’s 64th half-century in Test cricket and his 96th 50+ score overall. Root has equalled Chandrapaul in terms of scoring the most 50+ scores in Test cricket. This West Indies legend has also played 50+ runs innings 96 times in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar tops this list with 119 scores of more than fifty. With this, Joe Root has also surpassed Rahul Dravid in the list of batsmen who have scored the most half-centuries in the history of Test cricket. Joe Root has reached the third position with 64 half-centuries, while Dravid had scored 63 half-centuries in his Test career. Here too Sachin Tendulkar is on top. Batsmen with most 50+ scores in Test cricket- Sachin Tendulkar – 119Jacques Kallis- 103Ricky Ponting- 103Rahul Dravid- 99Joe Root- 96Shivnarine Chanderpaul- 96 Batsmen who scored the most runs in the fourth innings of Test cricket Sachin Tendulkar – 1625Alastair Cook – 1611Graeme Smith – 1611Joe Root – 1589Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 1580Rahul Dravid – 1575
SA20 2025: After Dinesh Karthik and Joe Root, Paarl Royals included these two strong players in the team
Paarl Royals have signed English all-rounder Jacob Bethell and batsman Sam Hain as overseas players for the upcoming third season. Paarl Royals (Photo Source: Getty Images) SA2025: Paarl Royals has started preparations for the upcoming third season of the league. The franchise has already included veteran players like Joe Root and Dinesh Karthik in the team. Paarl Royals has now signed English all-rounder Jacob Bethell and batsman Sam Hain as foreign players. Both are top-class players- Kumar Sangakkara Paarl Royals Director of Cricket Kumar Sangakkara expressed his happiness over the joining of Jacob Bethell and Sam Hain with the team and said, Jacob Bethell and Sam Hein are both top-class players, as their recent performances show. Jacob’s explosive style and game awareness are things that will prove extremely useful. We play in the SA20, both at home in Paarl and away in similar conditions. Meanwhile, Sam’s ability to make an instant impact with the bat has really come to the fore recently, and we are all very excited to see what he does. We are looking forward to both of them joining the Royals for Season 3. Take a look at Jacob Bethel’s performance- Jacob Bethel was born in Barbados, he received a sports scholarship at Rugby School in Warwickshire at the age of 13. Bethel was part of the England team that reached the final of the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup as an opening batsman. Jacob has shown excellent performance for his team with the ball and bat in all three formats. He has scored 676 runs in 38 T20 matches so far at a strike rate of 140. In the T20 Blast this year, the young player has scored 356 runs at a strike rate of 155.45, and has also taken 6 wickets at an economy of 6.78. Also, playing for Birmingham Phoenix in the ongoing Hundred 2024, Jacob has scored 111 runs in 3 matches, he is currently the second highest run scorer in the tournament. Take a look at Sam Hein’s performance- Sam Hain came into the limelight with his impressive performance in the year 2022, scoring over a thousand runs to keep Warwickshire in the top division. He has been a standout performer in the domestic circuit in all three formats – first-class cricket, List-A and T20. Sam Hein is known for his ability to play risky shots, rotate the strike and play spin well. Hein has played in many T20 leagues around the world so far. Hein has scored 4500 runs in 155 T20 matches at a strike rate of 133.95.
Joe Root became the number one batsman in ICC Test Ranking, these three Indian players are in the top 10
Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) England batsman Joe Root has regained the number one spot in the ICC Men’s Test batting rankings after scoring 87 runs in the first innings of the third and final match of the ICC World Test Championship series against the West Indies in Birmingham. His team won this match by 10 wickets and with this won the series 3-0. With this, Joe Root has ended Kane Williamson’s reign. New Zealand’s legendary batsman Kane Williamson was the number one batsman in the Test rankings for a long time. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has benefited in the T20I rankings. Suryakumar Yadav is still at number two in the T20I rankings. He has not been able to snatch the number one position from Australian opener Travis Head. Rohit Sharma reached sixth position in ICC Test Ranking Talking about the Test rankings, Joe Root has reached number one. He was at number two after the second match of the England vs West Indies Test series. Joe Root has 872 points, while Kane Williamson has 859 rating points. Babar Azam is at number three and Daryl Mitchell is at number four. Steve Smith is at number five. At the same time, Rohit Sharma has gained one position. He has reached the sixth position. England batsman Harry Brook has dropped four places in the Test rankings. He has slipped from fourth to seventh position. Yashasvi Jaiswal is at number 8 and Dimuth Karunaratne is at number 9 and Virat Kohli is at number 10. Talking about T20 rankings, Travis Head is at the top with 844 rating points. Suryakumar Yadav is at number two. He has 805 points in his account. Phil Salt has reached number three. At the same time, Yashasvi Jaiswal has managed to reach the fourth position from sixth. Babar Azam has slipped one place. Mohammad Rizwan has come to the sixth position, who was at number five. Jos Buttler is currently at number seven. Rituraj Gaikwad is at number 8. Brandon King is at the 9th and Johnson Charles is at the 10th position.
ENG vs WI: Joe Root also surpassed Brian Lara, know which record the English player made in his name
Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Joe Root (Pic Source-Twitter) Today, on 27 July, England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has surpassed former West Indies captain Brian Lara in terms of runs in Test cricket. Let us tell you, Joe Root achieved this great feat during the first session of the second day of the third Test being played between England and West Indies in Birmingham. Brian Lara scored 11,953 runs in 232 innings of 131 matches in his international cricketing career. Joe Root has surpassed him in 261 innings of his 143 tests. Joe Root has reached the seventh position in the list of players who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. Now only Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook and Kumar Sangakkara are ahead of him. Joe Root started the second day of the ongoing third Test match with two runs. He needed just 12 more runs to break Brian Lara’s record. He achieved this feat on the last ball of the sixth over of the day. Joe Root became the highest run scorer for England at Edgbaston Let us tell you, English batsman Joe Root has become the highest run scorer at Edgbaston. He has completely broken Cook’s record of 869 runs. England is leading 2-0 in this 3 match Test series. While on one hand all the players from England have performed very well so far, the West Indies players have failed to make a mark in this series. England won the first test match played at Lord’s while the hosts won the second test as well. England had a very bad start in the third test being played at the moment but the team is in a great position right now and if the team’s batsmen perform well then they can win this match as well. In their first innings of the third test, West Indies have scored 282 runs after losing all wickets. The second day of the game has started and England will definitely want to put pressure on West Indies on this day. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Joe Root can beat Sachin Tendulkar’s records in Test cricket: Michael Waugh
Recently Joe Root scored his 32nd Test century in the second Test match against West Indies played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Former English player Michael Waugh believes that veteran batsman Joe Root can break Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Let us tell you, recently Joe Root scored his 32nd Test century in the second Test match played against West Indies at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. During this innings, Joe Root surpassed former West Indies player Shivnarine Chanderpaul to become the eighth highest run scorer in Test cricket. He has scored 11940 runs in 142 Test matches. Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he has scored 15921 runs in 200 Test matches. Michael Waugh wrote in his column in the Telegraph, ‘Joe Root will become England’s highest run-scorer in the coming months and I think he can also break Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Joe Root has been batting very well for some time now and is also scoring runs at a fast pace. Joe Root’s performance is getting even better.’ Joe Root will also be eyeing to break Alastair Cook’s record Let us tell you, former England captain Alastair Cook has scored 33 Test centuries. Joe Root has scored 32 Test centuries so far. Joe Root will definitely want to break this record in the third Test match against West Indies. Not only this, Joe Root is 532 runs behind Alastair Cook in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in Test cricket for England. Joe Root will definitely have his eyes on breaking this record as well. England is leading 2-0 against West Indies in the three-match Test series. England won the first Test match while the hosts won the second Test by 241 runs. England’s performance has been very good in this series so far and the team would definitely want to win the third Test as well. Joe Root would like to continue his form in the future as well. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Joe Root reached the eighth position in the list of highest run scorers in Test cricket
So far, Joe Root has scored 11869 runs in 142 matches in Test cricket at an average of 49.87. Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter X) England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has now reached the eighth position in the list of highest run-scorers in Test cricket. He achieved this great feat during the second Test match being played against West Indies in Nottingham. Joe Root is considered one of the best batsmen in the world and his performance in Test cricket has always been very good. Joe Root has batted very well in the second test match currently being played against West Indies and has scored important runs for his team. So far, Joe Root has scored 11869 runs in 142 matches in test cricket at an average of 49.87. His highest score in test cricket has been 254 runs. He has secured the eighth position by defeating Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies. In this list, India’s former batsman and God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar is at the first place who has scored 15921 runs in 200 matches at an average of above 53. Australia’s former captain Ricky Ponting is at the second place with 13378 runs while South Africa’s former all-rounder Jacques Kallis is at the third place. He has scored 13279 runs in Tests. India’s Rahul Dravid is at the fourth place with 13288 runs while England’s former player Sir Alistair Cook is at the fifth place with 12472 runs. Kumar Sangakkara is in sixth place who has scored 12400 runs in Test cricket while former West Indies captain Brian Lara is in seventh place with 11953 runs. Joe Root has reached the eighth position in this list. Joe Root has a great achievement to his name England is playing a three-match Test series against the West Indies, the hosts won the first match of which. Talking about Joe Root, if he continues to score runs in Test cricket, then the experienced English batsman can secure his place in the top 5. Currently, Joe Root would like to score big in the second Test being played against West Indies and make a significant contribution to his team’s victory. English fans would also be expecting a big innings from this brilliant player. He has scored 81* runs till the lunch break on the fourth day of the second Test. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
SA20 2025: Paarl Royals sign Joe Root for the upcoming season, read the big news
In his T20 career, Root has played more than 100 T20 matches. Joe Root. (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) Experienced England cricket team batsman and former captain Joe Root has been signed by Royal Sports Group’s franchise Paarl Royals for the upcoming SA T20 season. Let us tell you that the 33-year-old player will be seen playing for the Royals team in the upcoming season, and this will be Root’s second franchise of the Royals group, with which he will be seen playing. It is worth noting that before this he has played for Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the IPL during the year 2023. Currently, Joe Root is seen playing in the second Test match against West Indies at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. While joining Paarl Royals for the upcoming season of SA20 will be a golden opportunity to learn not only for the team but also for the young players of the team. Let us tell you that Joe Root’s name comes among the four best batsmen in the world. Kumar Sangakkara’s big statement came out On the other hand, after Joe Root joined the Paarl Royals franchise, Royals franchise’s cricket director Kumar Sangakkara said- We all know what a great player Joe Root is and it is a great feeling to have him back in the Royals. He has made a great contribution to all the teams he has represented in the last few years. He has also proven to be a valuable all-rounder with his bowling and fielding attributes, as we saw during IPL 2023. We look forward to using his expertise, his personality, his mind and his performance on the field to strive towards a successful SA20 season in 2025. A look at Joe Root’s T20 cricket career If we talk about Joe Root’s T20 career, till the time of writing this news, he has played a total of 100 T20 matches in which he has scored 2432 runs and taken 27 wickets at an economy of 8.47.
Joe Root also agreed, Johnny Bairstow was run out due to his mistake in Ashes 2023
The series ended in a draw and Australia retained the Ashes. Jonny Bairstow. (Image Source: Twitter) Ashes 2023 was a roller coaster ride for both England and Australia. The series ended in a draw and Australia retained the Ashes. There were many memorable moments for England in this five-match Test series, however, despite this, the English team failed to win this Test series. During this series, a controversial dismissal of English player Jonny Bairstow in the match played at Lord’s was also much discussed. Actually, after playing the ball, the English batsman left his crease and moved forward. He did not know that the umpire had not said for the over to be completed. As soon as Jonny Bairstow moved forward, Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey threw the ball towards the stumps and Bairstow was run out. Jonny stood at the crease for a while because he could not believe how it was out? Many former English players believed that Australia should have withdrawn their appeal, however, this did not happen. Veteran batsman Joe Root has given his opinion on this. According to Joe Root, it was Jonny Bairstow’s mistake and he should not have left the crease. Joe Root said in the new documentary series The Ashes 2023: Our Take, ‘To be honest, I was very angry, but as the game is changing, it is very important to put your side and understand the game. By the end of the day it was within the rules. As a player, you need to be completely careful. Bairstow will misunderstand me but it was very important to stay inside the crease.’ Jonny Bairstow also gave his side on this English player Jonny Bairstow said about this run out, ‘Whatever you think is right or wrong or in between but as long as you go home and are happy with yourself then everything is fine.’ 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
