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Joe Root has scored the sixth double century of his career in 305 balls.
The bat of England’s legendary batsman Joe Root is showing no sign of stopping these days. Joe Root has scored his second double century in Test cricket against Pakistan. This is a double century by a batsman in Multan after a long time. Team India’s former explosive opener Virender Sehwag has scored a triple century in Test cricket here. However, now Joe Root will be called the new Sultan of Multan, because scoring a double century against Pakistan on their own soil is a big thing.
Joe Root completed his double century in this match in 305 balls. Joe Root’s bat did not work in Multan in 2022, but this time he destroyed the Pakistani bowlers. This is Joe Root’s sixth double century in his Test career. He hit only 14 fours in this innings.
During his innings, Joe Root expressed more confidence in singles and doubles. Even though the pitch is flat and easy to bat on, they did a good job of holding one end as Pakistan scored 556 runs in the first innings.
Joe Root has already scored a double century against Pakistan.
He has played an inning of 254 runs against Pakistan in Manchester in 2016. This is his best score in the test. At the same time, he has scored two double centuries against Sri Lanka and one double century each against New Zealand and Pakistan. If Root bats fast today, then like Virender Sehwag, he can also score a triple century here.
Talking about the match, Pakistan team was all out after scoring 556 runs in 149 overs, whereas England team has scored 658 runs in 130 overs and only three wickets have fallen. For Pakistan, three batsmen had scored centuries, while for England, two batsmen each had scored double centuries. After Joe Root, Harry Brook has also crossed the 200-run mark. Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood and Agha Salman had scored centuries for Pakistan.
