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Joe Root scored a double century in the Multan test against Pakistan.
These days, whenever Joe Root comes to bat, only one question arises in everyone’s mind, which record will he break today? New records are being made every day. Joe Root made another big achievement during the first test match against Pakistan in Multan. England played the first Test match in 1877 and now in 2024, after 147 years, no batsman from the country has completed 20000 runs.
Joe Root has become the first batsman for England to score 20 thousand runs in international cricket. Just a few years ago, he became the highest run-scorer for England and on October 9, Joe Root became the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket. Joe Root has left behind many legends in scoring the fastest 20 thousand runs in international cricket and he is the third batsman to do so.
Joe Root became the first batsman to score 20000 runs for England
As soon as right-handed batsman Joe Root scored 183 runs against Pakistan in Multan, he completed 20 thousand runs in international cricket. No batsman has scored so many runs for England till date. Let us tell you that the oldest team in international cricket is England. Before Joe Root, the highest run scorer for England was Alastair Cook, who scored 15737 runs.
Joe Root has become the third fastest player to score 20 thousand runs in the shortest innings. In this list, only Virat Kohli (417 innings) and Sachin Tendulkar/Brian Lara (453 innings) are ahead of him. Joe Root has left behind many greats including Ricky Ponting (464), AB de Villiers (483), Jacques Kallis (491) and Rahul Dravid (492).
Virat Kohli is the only active cricketer who has scored more than 20 thousand runs. Virat had recently crossed the mark of 27000 runs. Joe Root is the 13th player to score 20 thousand runs in international cricket. Virat will now be seen playing in the Test series against New Zealand this month.
