Currently, the first test match between Pakistan and England is being played at Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. During this match, experienced batsman Joe Root has made another great achievement in his name. Joe Root has become the first batsman in the history of the World Test Championship to cross the 5000-run mark.

Not only this, experienced batsman Joe Root has also overtaken former England captain Alastair Cook’s record of scoring the most Test runs for England. Joe Root achieved this feat after scoring 72nd run in the first innings of the first Test being played against Pakistan. Joe Root has so far scored 5045 runs in 59 matches in the World Test Championship.

Australia’s best batsman Marnus Labuschagne is at the second position in this list, who has scored 3904 runs in 45 World Test Championship matches, while his teammate Steve Smith is at the third position, who has scored 3486 runs in 45 matches.

Talking about Joe Root, he has scored 12473* runs in his international Test career so far. From England, Alastair Cook is at second place in this list who has scored 12472 runs. Alastair Cook has played a total of 161 test matches from 2006 to 2018. Not only this, if Joe Root scores a century in this test match, it will be his 35th test century.

Joe Root has become the highest run-scorer for England in the history of Test cricket.

Joe Root’s performance in international cricket has always been very good. Joe Root has become the batsman who has scored the most runs for England in the Test format. In the first Test match currently being played between Pakistan and England, the hosts, batting first, have scored 556 runs after losing all their wickets.

For the host side, captain Shan Masood played an inning of 151 runs while Abdullah Shafiq scored 102 runs. Salman Agha also batted brilliantly and played an important inning of 104* runs. In reply, England has also batted very well so far and is putting pressure on Pakistan’s bowlers.