The England team, which is playing a 3-match Test series against Pakistan, is playing the first match in Multan. In the match being played in Multan, Joe Root has created history by breaking Alastair Cook's record. He has become the highest run scorer for England in the Test format. Alastair Cook has broken the record of Alastair Cook in the match played against Pakistan. Root is batting brilliantly in this match.
Root became the 5th batsman in the world
Root has now become the world's fifth highest run scorer in the Test format. The record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar, who has scored 15921 runs. At second place is Ricky Ponting, who has scored 13378 runs. At number three is Jacques Kallis, who has scored 13289 runs. The name of Rahul Dravid is at fourth place. He scored 13288 runs. Now Joe Root has secured fifth position with 12,472 runs.
However, Root has broken Cook's record in the list of batsmen who have scored the most runs in Test cricket. Cook has 12472 runs in his name in Test.
status of this match
In the first match being played in Multan, Pakistan has made a huge score of 556 runs in 149 overs in the first innings. For Pakistan, Abdullah Shafiq scored 184 runs on 102 balls, while Shan Masood also played the captaincy innings and scored the highest runs for Pakistan. He scored 151 runs on 177 balls. Apart from this, Salman Ali Aga also played a brilliant inning of 104 runs.