Joe Root
Test series is being played between England and Pakistan. England had won the first match with a bang while host Pakistan made a spectacular comeback in the second test match and won by 152 runs. The 3-match Test series is currently tied at 1-1 and now the winner will be decided by the third Test. In this match, once again all eyes will be on Joe Root who is in excellent form.
Joe Root is wreaking havoc with the bat in the year 2024. This year he is the highest run scorer in Test cricket. He has scored 1300 runs in 23 innings of 13 Test matches which includes 5 centuries and 4 half-centuries. During this period his average is more than 61. Even in the Test rankings, Joe Root’s influence continues and he is at the top position in the batsmen’s rankings.
Route close to world record
Not only in Tests but he is also among the top-3 batsmen who have scored the most runs in international cricket this year. This year Root has played only test matches. Despite this, he is at third place in terms of scoring most runs in all three formats in the year 2024. There are only 2 batsmen ahead of him.
Although Joe Root is making some big record in every match this year, but this time he has a big world record on his target. However, for this, Root will have to do wonders not in batting but in fielding. Actually, Root is just 3 steps away from creating a record in the World Test Championship i.e. WTC. If he manages to take 3 catches in the third Test match against Pakistan, he will become the first player in the world to take 100 catches in the history of WTC. Currently, he has 97 catches registered in his name. Steve Smith is in second place. Smith has taken 87 catches. There is not a single Indian in the top-5.
Players with most catches in WTC history
- Joe Root (England) – 97
- Steve Smith (Australia) – 87
- Ben Stokes (England) – 53
- Jack Crawley (England) – 49
- Dhananjay de Silva (Sri Lanka) – 44
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