The first match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Nottingham. In the first innings of this match on 4 August, the host team managed to score 183 runs. However, the team captain Joe Root has set up a new record after a half-century innings. In International Cricket, he surpassed Sir Alistair Cook to become England's leading run-scorer.
In the first match of the five-match Test series, England captain Root won the toss and decided to bat first. The entire team could only score 183 runs. In the first innings, Captain Root scored the highest score for England. Scoring the highest 64 runs, he lead the team to the honorable score. During this time, he achieved another milestone as he surpassed Sir Alistair Cook to become England's leading run-scorer.
Before playing this match against India, Root scored a total of 15,716 International runs. In this match, he scored 64 runs on 108 balls. After making 22nd runs during this innings, Root broke the record of former captain Alastair Cook (15737 runs). Meanwhile, Kevin Pietersen stands at No. 3 position with 13,779 runs, followed by Ian Bell at fourth place with 13,331 runs.
Root is 29th in the list of highest run-scorers across formats among batsmen of all countries. Sachin Tendulkar leads the list, with 34,357 runs, followed by Kumar Sangakkara (28,016), Ricky Ponting (27,483), Mahela Jayawardena (25,957), and Jacques Kallis (25,534). In Test matches, Root sits third in the list of highest run-getters from England, behind Cook (12,472) and Gooch (8,900).Root is considered part of the big four, which also includes Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson. His latest exploit was the series win over Sri Lanka earlier in the year.
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