Former England captain Nasser Hussain once rated Joe Root As the greatest player to ever wear the England jersey. Root, who made his debut for the English team in December 2012, has risen to the ranks of cricketing legends and now holds a special place among many cricket fans and pundits. Come Friday 16th June. After stepping down as captain, Root is once again appearing as a player Ashes And now into a new era of ‘buzzball’ cricket. On the first day of the Birmingham Test, Root’s sensational century powered England to 393 on the opening day of the Ashes. His celebration afterwards seemed to overcome the demons as it was his first Test century against the Aussies since 2015.
Root’s 118 off 152 balls came in a new avatar as he added one more to his tally of 29 Test hundreds to go past Sir Don Bradman’s 29 centuries. Root is the fastest English player to score 30 tons and broke the record held by Alastair Cook. Who would have thought three years ago that Root would come at this pace? But let me present some staggering statistics to show what the 32-year-old has been up to all these years.
Route from 2021
Before 2021, Joe Root had 17 Test centuries and 49 half-centuries. His conversion rate was poor and Root was usually under scrutiny for not reaching the three-figure mark. Whereas, Star of India Virat Kohli There were 27 Test tons and 23 fifties as the Indian legend had some memorable years with the bat before that.
But from 2021 onwards the routes are on different mode. He has scored 3299 runs in 62 innings since 2021 at an average of 59.91 and has a high score of 228. No other batsman has even scored 2000 runs in this period.
Overall, Root has 11122 runs in 131 matches at an average of 50.78. Whereas, Virat Kohli has 8479 runs in 109 Tests at an average of 48.72. Not just Virat Kohli, Root has probably made many other cricketers fade away as well. Root has also scored 13 Test centuries since 2021. No cricketer has scored more than 7 centuries and the likes of Marnus Labuschagne, steve smith And Babar Azam Everyone is behind him in these tallies.
Root has now become a big threat to Sachin
Meanwhile, Joe Root is now on a mission. The 32-year-old has 11,122 runs in Test cricket and is the 11th highest run-scorer in the history of the longest format. While 11 may seem a little way off, given his young age and the number of matches England play each year (obviously his form too), Root has a chance to go beyond legend Sachin TendulkarRecord of most runs in test. The Indian legend has 15921 runs in Test cricket and is ahead of Root with 4799 runs.
It should be noted that Kohli was India’s brightest star in Test cricket over the past decade and now after a lean patch since 2019, he has again put runs on his back. Kohli, who did not score a Test century in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Made one of 5 matches this year. If Kohli continues his one-hundred run, he may still be in the running for mammoth runs and hundreds, but as time goes on, Root is now ahead of Kohli.