Joe Root scored 737 runs in the test series against India
In the 145-year history of Test cricket, only four other England batsmen have scored more runs than Root in this campaign.
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Joe Root has joined the select group of England players after scoring 737 runs in England’s drawn Test series against India.
The former England captain finished the campaign with a scintillating 142 runs with Yorkshire teammate Jonny Bairstow (114 not out) to chase down their highest fourth-innings target of 378-3 during a seven-wicket victory over England. directed to. In the Covid-delayed fifth Test at Edgbaston on Tuesday.
With this win, England leveled the five-match series at 2-2.
In the 145-year history of Test cricket, only four other England batsmen have scored more runs than Root’s tally in this campaign.
Walter Hammond’s 905 runs for Australia in the 1928/29 Ashes is the most by any batsman from England.
But 752 runs against Graham Gooch India 1990 was achieved in only three Test matches, with the outstanding opener scoring 456 runs in a match at Lord’s, thanks to his innings of 333 and 123 in the ‘Home of Cricket’.
Most runs by an England batsman in a test series
Walter Hammond – 905 vs Australia 1928/29
Alistair Cook – 766 vs Australia in 2010/11
Denis Compton – 753 vs South Africa, 1947
Graham Gooch – 752 vs India in 1990
Joe Root – 737 vs India 2021-22
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