He has scored 5005 runs in 107 innings of 59 Test matches and during this period his average has been 51.59.

Joe Root in World Test Championship crossed 5000 runs News In Hindi: Joe Root's excellent form has helped him achieve another big achievement. Joe Root has become the first England batsman to cross the 5000-run mark in the World Test Championship. Root has achieved this big feat in the first Test match of the three-match series being played against Pakistan at Multan Cricket Stadium. He has scored 5005 runs in 107 innings of 59 Test matches and during this period his average has been 51.59. Root has scored the maximum number of 16 centuries in the World Test Championship.

On the other hand, this right-handed batsman has also become the all-time highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket, leaving behind his former captain Alastair Cook's figure of 12472 runs. Joe Root has scored 12473 runs. On the second day of the Multan Test against Pakistan, former England captain Joe Root has achieved another big feat.

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.

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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