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Former England captain and star player Joe Root, one of the best Test batsmen in world cricket, is today standing very close to a historic mega-record, which no great batsman in the history of cricket has been able to touch till date. The much-awaited three-match Test series between England and New Zealand is going to start with a bang today i.e. Thursday, June 4. The first match of this series will be played at the historic Lord’s ground in London, known as the ‘Mecca of Cricket’. In this high-profile match, which starts at 3:30 pm Indian time, Joe Root has his sights set on a unique record, which even great Indian batsmen like Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and ‘The Wall’ Rahul Dravid could not achieve in their entire careers.
Chance to become the first batsman in the world to score 2000 test runs against New Zealand
If Joe Root scores just 75 more runs in this first Test match, he will become the only and first batsman in the world to cross the 2000-run mark against New Zealand in the history of Test cricket. Till date in the history of cricket, no batsman has been able to reach this magical figure of two thousand runs in the Test format against the Kiwi team. Joe Root’s performance in the matches played against New Zealand so far has always been excellent, and this time he seems fully prepared to accomplish this special feat in home conditions.
Sachin, Dravid and Miandad all left behind; Root’s rule against Kiwis
If we talk about the world’s all-time top batsmen who have scored the most runs in Test cricket against New Zealand, then Joe Root is already at the top of the list. Till now, Root has batted brilliantly in 40 innings of 21 Test matches against the Kiwi team and scored 1925 runs, which includes 6 excellent centuries and 9 half-centuries. On the second position in this list is Pakistan’s legendary Javed Miandad, who scored 1919 runs. At the same time, Rahul Dravid, known as the Wall of India, is at third position with 1659 runs, while God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar with 1595 runs and South Africa’s great all-rounder Jacques Kallis are at fourth and fifth position respectively with 1595 runs. Joe Root can touch a new peak today, leaving all these greats miles behind.
Joe Root is just 57 runs away from joining the club of 14,000 Test runs
In this match, Joe Root will have a golden opportunity to make not just one but two mega-records. Joe Root has played a total of 163 Test matches in his career so far, in whose innings he has scored 13,943 runs. By scoring only 57 runs in the Lord’s Test, he will also complete his 14,000 runs in Test cricket. He will become the first batsman from England and only the second batsman in the world to reach this incredible milestone in the history of Test cricket.
Joe Root has his eyes set on Sachin Tendulkar’s biggest world record.
Till now, India’s Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman in world cricket who has scored more than 14 thousand runs in Test cricket. Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record for scoring the highest number of 15,921 runs in the Test format. Looking at the excellent form and consistency with which Joe Root is scoring runs continuously, many veterans of the sports world believe that in the coming times, Joe Root can easily break this biggest and seemingly impossible Test record of Sachin Tendulkar. In such a situation, this Test series starting from today is going to be very special for Joe Root as well as cricket fans around the world.
