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Joe Root Becomes the 3rd Highest Scorer in Test Cricket as England Takes Control Against India
GREATER MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, JUL 25 – Joe Root reached 13,322 runs in 157 Tests, surpassing Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis to become third-highest in Test cricket and targets Ricky Ponting's second place.
- On Friday at Old Trafford during the fourth Test, Joe Root climbed to third place on the all-time Test run-scoring list as England reached 332 for two by lunch.
- Root surpassed Rahul Dravid's 13,288 runs and Jacques Kallis' 13,289 runs after 157 matches, reaching 13,322 career runs at age 34.
- England’s innings featured a strong 135-run unbeaten stand between Root and Ollie Pope , pressuring the Indian bowling attack.
- Root averages around 85 runs per Test and has achieved 37 centuries along with 104 innings scoring fifty or more, ranking just behind Tendulkar, who holds 119 such innings and leads the all-time run tally with 15,921 runs.
- Pundit Michael Atherton expressed confidence that Root’s statistics will naturally improve over time and suggested that Tendulkar’s record is achievable under fair playing conditions.
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Joe Root becomes the 3rd highest scorer in test cricket as England takes control against India
Joe Root has become the third highest run scorer in test cricket as he helped England reach 332-2, only 26 runs behind India.
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Joe Root becomes third-highest Test run-getter of all time, surpasses Dravid, Kallis - The Tribune
Root achieved this upward movement in the charts during the fourth Test against India on the third day. At the end of first session, Root was unbeaten at 63 in 115 balls, with eight fours.
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