Joe Root is not named on the page of Test record book

 Joe Route is not named on the page of Test record book

December 2012. India is England's opponent in the Nagpur Test. 21-year-old Joe Root made his debut for England. His appearance was so childish that Graeme Swann compared him to the team's mascot. The looks are childish, the batting is not. Abhishek dropped to number 6 in the innings and played an innings of 73 runs off 229 balls. Starting from that.

An era later, Root is now being called England's greatest batsman. As if no one said it, the former England captain Michael Vaughan himself said yesterday. He didn't say such a big thing by looking at the talent, he said by looking at the record. Now if you look at the record book of Test batting for England, Root's name is the most visible in that book.

Root cemented his place in the record books yesterday with a century against Sri Lanka at Lord's. England now have the most century routes in Tests - 34. Most Runs by Root at Lord's - 2022 He also has the maximum 7 centuries in this field. Root has already scored a double century in an era-long Test career. Only three others have scored centuries in both innings of a Test at Lord's; West Indies' George Headley and England's Graham Gooch and Michael Vaughan.

It is only a matter of time that Root also holds the record for the highest Test runs for England. He is only 96 runs behind Alastair Cook (12472). Means, Root can release Cook in the next Test against Sri Lanka. Excluding Cook, 5 players have more runs in Tests than Root. Among them, only Australia's Ricky Ponting (58.72) is better than the strike rate of Root (56.98).
Joe Root is running

Five have more centuries than Root. Among them, Sachin Tendulkar seems to be the only one who is at a safe distance. This legend's number of centuries in Tests is 51, which is the highest. In second place is legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis with 45 centuries. Ponting's century 41. That is, Root needs 11 to touch Kallis and 7 to touch Ponting. Rahul Dravid with 36 centuries and Kumar Sangakkara with 38 centuries should not be measured as distance. It is only a matter of time for their touching route.

For the 33-year-old Root, scoring 7 or 11 centuries is undoubtedly difficult. But the root form is very difficult which becomes easy. Since 2021, Root has made scoring a century in Tests a child's play. He has scored 17 centuries in this edition since January 2021. Root has surpassed three more Fab Four batsmen — Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson — during this time.

As of 1 January 2021, Root had 17 Test centuries, while Williamson had 23, Smith had 26 and Kohli had 27. Williamson and Smith now have the second most centuries of the Fab Four - 32. He was 10 centuries behind Kohli, now 5 centuries ahead.

Appreciation of the route and the record may catch you a bit bored. In that case an information can be given. One page of the Test record book has no name on Root. Not a single route of the 34 Test centuries that the arch-rivals could not make on the field of Australia. That also played 27 innings. Root averaged 35.68 in Tests on Australian soil with 9 fifties in 27 innings.

Not that Root doesn't have a century against Australia. Root's century against them is 4. Most centuries against India - 10 Out of which 3 are on Indian soil. New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies—these three countries have a Test batting average of over 50. Not less in India too—45.42. But this route is average on Australian soil. There is also an opportunity to get rid of bad reputation. The next Ashes is on Australian soil. If not then and when!