DTVHINDIThere’s plenty of time for someone else to break Joe Root’s Test record: Ben Stokes
Recently, Root has become the player who has scored the most test runs for England. Ben Stokes and Joe Root (Image Credit- Twitter X) Veteran batsman Joe Root has recently overtaken former England captain Alastair Cook in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Root achieved this feat on the third day of the first Test match against Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium. As soon as Root scored 71 runs in the match, he became the first player from England to score the highest runs in Test cricket. Before Root, Cook had scored a total of 12472 runs while playing 161 Test matches for England. But it took only 147 matches for Root to leave this figure behind. Apart from this, Root has now reached 5th position in terms of scoring most runs in Test cricket. He is just 816 runs behind former Indian player Rahul Dravid (13288), who is at fourth place. On the other hand, after Root made this great record, England’s Test captain and all-rounder Ben Stokes has given a big statement. Stokes says that people have a lot of time to break his record. Ben Stokes gave a big statement regarding Joe Root Let us tell you that after Joe Root made this record, Ben Stokes while talking to ECB said – Yes, I have played a lot of cricket with Joe Root. And have played against him a lot too. We have grown up together. To score so many runs you would think that he would have to be a little selfish as a player, but not so, he is completely dedicated to the team. Stokes further said- From my perspective when I saw how many centuries Joe Root has scored and how many matches we have won. Were we over or under the line because of his century, but when I look at him he is like a stick. The selflessness that he possesses is an incredible quality. He always puts the team first. The fact is that he has scored so many runs and there is plenty of time for someone else to break his record. He is an incredible player.
SA20 will be played only for four weeks a year and there will be plenty of opportunity to play Test cricket: Graeme Smith
South Africa has to play a two-match Test series against New Zealand from 4 February. Graeme Smith. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The second edition of the SA20 is starting from January 10 and the tournament will be played till February 10. South Africa has to play a two-match Test series against New Zealand from 4 February. This is the reason why Cricket South Africa has announced its B team for the two-match Test series against New Zealand. In fact, many experienced players of South Africa will be seen playing in the upcoming season of SA20 and that is why Cricket South Africa has included many young players in the team in the two-match Test series against New Zealand. There are 7 uncapped players in this team. There are many people who have strongly criticized this South African team. Not only this, Cricket South Africa is also being heavily criticized for the fact that many players are giving more importance to T20 cricket instead of Test matches. Now former South African captain Graeme Smith has given his side regarding this. According to him, both Test cricket and SA20 can be played together. He also said that SA20 will only be played for four weeks and there is plenty of time throughout the year to play Test cricket. ODI cricket may also face a lot of challenges: Graeme Smith According to Sportsstar, Graeme Smith said, ‘SA20 is played only for four weeks a year and I don’t think it will cause any problem to anyone. Due to this franchise league tournament, South Africa will get many such young players who will be seen playing for the national team in international cricket in the future. I think it is only a matter of four weeks and there are still a lot of chances left to play Test cricket. Regarding ODI cricket, Graeme Smith said, ‘There are two more World Cups which have been sold to broadcasters. in South Africa in 2027 and in India in 2021. ODI cricket may also have to face a lot of challenges in the middle of this cycle. People are no longer enjoying watching the game which is slowing down. This can be said by looking at Test cricket and many people are enjoying T20 a lot and it is also becoming very successful. Not only Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have also traded these players 5 batsmen who have scored more than 3 thousand runs in T20 International matches Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL history IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans’ playing XI will be like this under the captaincy of Shubman Gill. 5 players who have scored the most centuries while opening in all formats of cricket Those 5 memorable innings of David Warner in Test cricket which are impossible to forget These 5 star cricketers can earn crores even by modeling IPL 2024: After taking over the captaincy of MI, Hardik Pandya will do whatever he wants, see playing XI 5 test matches which ended in the fewest overs IPL 2024: This strong…
