Despite missing a century, Joe Root broke Virat’s record, the Englishman became the master of run chase!
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Joe Root Record: In the second ODI against India, England’s great Joe Root scored unbeaten 99 runs. Joe Root could not complete his century by just 1 run, but despite this he broke a big record of Virat Kohli. Root has overtaken Virat in terms of average in run chases. Only Mahendra Singh Dhoni is ahead of Root.
Joe Root broke Virat Kohli’s record
New Delhi: In the second ODI match against India, England’s legendary batsman Joe Root played an unbeaten inning of 99 runs. With this century innings of Joe Root, England achieved a strong victory and leveled the three-match series at 1-1. With this, a big record was also registered in the name of Joe Root. Not only this, Root also achieved the feat of leaving Virat Kohli behind in a special matter.
In fact, Joe Root has overtaken Virat Kohli in terms of batting average while chasing the target. With his innings of 99 runs against India, Root has broken Virat’s record in batting average in successful run chases. These averages are for at least 2000 runs. In this matter, former Indian legend Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the first place. Dhoni’s average for at least 2000 runs in successful chases for Team India is 102.71. Whereas Joe Root’s average in this case is 91.59, while Virat Kohli’s average is 89.07.
Average in successful run chases (at least 2000 runs)
MS Dhoni – 102.71
Joe Root – 91.59
Virat Kohli – 89.07
AB de Villiers – 82.77
Michael Clarke – 73.86
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