Joe Root of England (photo from STU Forster/Getty Images) Joe Root added another main milestone in his incredible test career on the 2nd day of the fifth test against India in oval. With his 29-running click, Root passed around Sachin Tendulkar to become the third highest running shooter in home tests.Most run at home in tests7578 – Ricky Ponting in Australia7220* – Joe Root in England*7216 – Sachin Tendulkar in India7167 – M Jayawarwill on Sri Lanka7035 – Jacques Kallis in South Africa ‘
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Root now has 7,220 runs in England and overcame 7 216 tendulkar runs in India. Only Ricky Ponting (7,578 in Australia) and Mahela Jayawardene (7 167 in Sri Lanka) remain among the best domestic test centers in front of the root. The former Captain of England also exceeded 2,000 test runs against India at home and joined the elite list. Only Don Bradman has more runs against a single rival in home tests – 2,354 against England. Root’s consistent score against India continues to be the main factor of this long -term rivalry.
Most run against India in the country in tests
2000* – Joe Root in Eng1893 – Ricky Ponting in AUS1547 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul in Wi1427 – Zheer Abbas in then1396 – Steven Smith in AUS
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His stay on Friday, however, was shortened by Mohammed Sraji in the 33rd place. Root, which looked under control of most of his shifts, was released at 29. Siraj bowed a fuller van that slightly straightened and cracked around the root of the inner edge to hit the stump. At the time of his release, England was 175/4 in 33 overs, still watching the Indian first shifts a total of 224. Room’s short knocking still had enough impact to push him over some greats of the game.
