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Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 143 runs in the second Test against Sri Lanka. This was Root's 33rd Test century. With this century, Root became a topic of discussion. Some people started calling him the best player of Fab-4, while some said that he would break Sachin Tendulkar's record of most runs in Test cricket. Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan teased Indian fans by comparing Root and Virat Kohli.
Michael Vaughan, who is very active on social media, has shared a post on X. The post shows a paper with Virat Kohli's Test stats written on one side and Joe Root's Test stats written on the other. He captioned the post, “Morning India.”
Fans rebuked him
Fans did not like Vaughan's post at all and they slammed the former England captain. One user wrote, “It will take Joe Root two lifetimes to match Virat Kohli's 80 international centuries.” Another user wrote, 'The difference is 3 centuries in 75 innings.' Another user wrote, “Kohli dominates all three formats and leagues.
Kohli and Root have had good Test careers so far
Virat Kohli: Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has played 113 matches in his Test career so far. Batting in 191 innings of these matches, he has scored 8848 runs at an average of 49.16. During this, he has scored 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries, in which his highest score is 254* runs.
Joe Root: Former England captain Joe Root has played 145 Tests in his career so far. In 264 innings of these matches, he has scored 12274 runs at an average of 50.72. During this, he scored 33 centuries and 64 half-centuries, in which his highest score was 254 runs.