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Tezzbuzz|06-09-2024
Delhi: England's legendary batsman Joe Root is in great form these days. In the last three years, he has scored 17 Test centuries and has so far scored 12377 runs at an average of 50. Root is the equal of the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar.
He is just 3545 runs away from the world Test record. If Root breaks this record, he will become the highest run scorer in Test cricket.
Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan has made a big statement about the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He says that the Indian board would never want an English player to reach this position.
Vaughan said that if Root breaks Sachin's record, it will be the biggest event in the history of cricket. He alleged that BCCI always wants an Indian player to be on top.
At the same time, Virat Kohli and Joe Root are counted among the top-4 batsmen in the world. There is often a comparison between these two. Recently, this topic was also debated on the podcast of Club Prairie Fire, in which Australia's Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan were involved.
Vaughan said that Kohli is better in T20 and ODI, but Root is ahead of him in Test cricket. Gilchrist disagreed with this and said that Root has not been able to score a century in Australia yet, while Kohli has played excellent innings there.
It is worth noting that Joe Root has 12377 runs and 34 centuries in 145 Test matches, while Virat Kohli has scored 8848 runs and 29 centuries in 113 Tests. In the last three years, Root has scored 17 Test centuries and Kohli has scored 2 Test centuries, but Kohli has also scored centuries on foreign soil.
Joe Root has surpassed Alastair Cook to become the England batsman with the most Test centuries with his 34th Test century. Root scored centuries in both innings during the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord's, which has led many to consider him England's greatest ever batsman.
Root has 50 centuries in international cricket – 34 in Tests and 16 in ODIs. He is the first England player and the ninth to score 50 or more centuries in international cricket. Root has taken 200 catches in Test cricket after catching Nishan Madushka and Pathum Nissanka on the third day at Lord's.