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Former England captain Joe Root is on the verge of making a big record. Currently, the England team is playing the second Test match against Sri Lanka. If Root scores 6 runs while batting in this match, he will become the highest run scorer in the World Test Championship 2023-2025. The record for scoring the most runs is currently held by Yashasvi Jaiswal of India.
Will leave Jaiswal behind
The final of the third World Test Championship will be played in 2025 and in the current edition, Yashasvi Jaiswal has scored 1,028 runs in 16 innings of 9 matches. He has scored these runs at an impressive average of 68.53. Now Joe Root is just 6 runs away from reaching number one in this list. Root currently has 1,023 runs in 23 innings of 14 matches. It is also worth noting that so far only Jaiswal and Root have managed to score a thousand or more runs in the 2023-2025 World Test Championship.
When will India play the next Test series?
Let us tell you that there are still 2 Test matches left between England and Sri Lanka, in which Joe Root can move ahead in terms of runs. But India's young star Yashasvi Jaiswal may get a chance to move ahead in September. India will host the Bangladesh team in September, in which Jaiswal can once again win the title of the highest run scorer in the World Test Championship if he gets a chance to play. Team India also has to play Test series with New Zealand, Australia and then England.
Joe Root created history
The World Test Championship started in the year 2019. In each season, teams try to top the points table by playing Test cricket for 2 years. Almost 6 years have passed since the start of this championship and the highest run-scorer so far is Joe Root. Joe Root has scored 4,598 runs in 56 matches in WTC so far. Australia's Marnus Labuschagne is in second place with 3,904 runs so far. The highest run-scorer in this list is Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, who has scored 2,552 runs in 32 matches.