Joe Root shattered 62 years old record, created a stir by scoring a double century in Pakistan
Joe Root Record Double Century: Former England Test captain Joe Root is in terrible form at the moment. Whenever Root comes to bat, it seems that he comes with the thought that he has to play a big innings today and create a stir in the opposition camp. Right now, the first match of the three-match series is being played against Pakistan, in which Joe Root has scored a double century. Not only this, what Root has done was perhaps unimaginable. Meanwhile, Root has destroyed this 62 year old record.
Joe Root made his highest score in test cricket
Joe Root first completed his century in the Multan Test being played against Pakistan and then moved towards 150 runs. Even after this, Pakistan bowlers could not do anything to him and on the fourth day of the match he also completed his double century. The special thing about Joe Root is that he never leaves a test after throwing his wicket. Runs are scored, runs are scored and the bowlers of the opposing team are completely defeated. This time also Joe Root did something similar. After some time he also crossed the 250 mark. Earlier, Joe Root had made his highest score of 254 runs in Test cricket. He made this score against Pakistan in the year 2016. Although then this match was played in Manchester. Now he has gone even further than this. They have created new history by breaking their own records.
Second double century by any England batsman in Pakistan
So far, in the history of Test cricket, there have been only two England batsmen who have scored a double century in Pakistan. The first name in this is that of Ted Dexter, who scored 205 runs in the match played in Karachi in the year 1962. Since then, no English batsman has been able to score a double century in Pakistan. Now Joe Root has done a new feat. Not only has he scored a double century in Pakistan, he has also destroyed Ted Dexter’s record of 205 runs. They have gone far ahead of them. That means Joe Root has destroyed the record that was almost 62 years old.
Joe Root completed 20 thousand runs in international cricket
Joe Root had already become the batsman who has scored the most Test runs for England. He had done the work of leaving behind former captain Alastair Cook. Now, along with playing an innings of 250 plus runs in this match, Joe Root has also completed 20 thousand runs in international cricket. This is also a special achievement for Root. Judging by the tremendous form that Root is in at the moment, it seems that he will break some more new records in the times to come. It remains to be seen where this caravan will stop.
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