Root has also joined the list of top five players scoring most runs in Test cricket.

Joe Root breaks Alastair Cook Record for England in Test Cricket News in Hindi: Joe Root's excellent form has helped him achieve another big achievement. The right-handed batsman has become the all-time highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket, surpassing his former captain Alastair Cook's figure of 12472 runs. Joe Root has scored 12473 runs, which includes 34 centuries and 65 more than fifty runs.

Root has also joined the list of top five players scoring most runs in Test cricket. Only Sachin Tendulkar (15921 runs), Ricky Ponting (13378 runs), Jacques Kallis (13289 runs) and Rahul Dravid (13288 runs) have scored more Test runs than Joe Root.

Root has also equaled India's legendary batsman Rahul Dravid. Root now has 99 fifty-plus scores in the red-ball format – equal to Dravid. Sachin Tendulkar has the highest score of more than fifty in Test cricket. Sachin has 119 fifty-plus scores in Tests.

South Africa's legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting are jointly second in this list. Kallis and Ponting have the record of scoring 103 fifty-plus runs.

Meanwhile, Root is in a race to break records. The former England captain recently became the first player to score 5000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship. He has also become the first player to score 1000 Test runs in the 2024 calendar year.

Joe Root is important for England in Multan
Root is the key for England to win the ongoing Test match against Pakistan in Multan. England have scored 232/2 till lunch on the third day, in which Root is at the crease after scoring 72 runs in 118 balls. He has already made a partnership of more than 100 runs for the third wicket with Ben Duckett and has become the key for the visiting team to score big in the first innings.

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