6,6,6,6,6,6…. Joe Root broke Brian Lara’s record of scoring 400 runs, created history by playing a marathon innings

Rahul Tiwari

khelja|28-07-2024

Joe Root: England's Test cricket team is currently playing a Test series against the West Indies (ENG vs WI). During this, former England captain and star batsman Joe Root has created history and achieved a big milestone by leaving behind Team India's Virat Kohli, Australia's Steve Smith and New Zealand's Kane Williamson. Along with this, he has broken the record of former West Indies legend Brian Lara.

Joe Root broke Brain Lara's record by playing a marathon innings

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Joe Root

Former England captain Joe Root has broken the record of former West Indies legend and all-time great Brian Lara.

Joe Root, an important member of the Fab Four, has gone far ahead of his fellow cricketers. Joe Root has broken the record of runs scored in Test cricket by former West Indies captain Brian Lara. Brian Lara has scored 11953 runs in his Test career. Whereas Joe Root has crossed this number. Joe Root has so far scored 12027 runs in Test cricket and with this he has reached the seventh position in terms of the record of most runs.

Now only 6 players Joe Root Ahead of

Joe Root is currently at number 7 in terms of most runs in Test cricket and currently only 6 players are ahead of him.

In this list, former Indian cricket team batsman and God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar is at number one with 15921 runs. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting (13378 runs) is at second place, former Proteas all-rounder Jacques Kallis (13289 runs) is at third place, former Indian legend Rahul Dravid (13288 runs). Former England captain Alastair Cook (12472 runs) and former Sri Lanka captain (12400 runs) have scored the most runs.

At which number are Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson

In the Fab Four, Joe Root has left his fellow batsmen Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson far behind.

Former Australian captain Steve Smith has scored 9685 runs in 109 Test matches. Former Team India captain Virat Kohli has scored 8848 runs in Test cricket and New Zealand's Kane Williamson is behind Steve Smith by scoring 8743 runs in 100 Test matches.

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