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Joe Root World Record: Joe Root, one of the greatest batsmen of Test cricket, has made such a world record in his name, which no other batsman in the world currently has. Joe Root was out after scoring 46 runs on the second day of the second Test match being played against New Zealand at the Oval. During this time, Root made a big record in the World Test Championship.
Root has completed 6,500 runs in the history of ICC World Test Championship (WTC). He has become the first and only batsman in the world to reach this figure in this prestigious championship. The extent of Joe Root’s dominance in the history of the World Test Championship can be understood from the fact that Steve Smith (4,564 runs), who is second after him, is far away from him.
Root achieved this milestone in the 139th innings of his 76th WTC match. During this period his figures can surprise anyone. Root has the highest number of 23 centuries in his name in WTC history. Steve Smith, who is at number two, has 14 centuries in his name. During this period, Root has scored runs at an excellent average of more than 51. Root has also scored 22 half-centuries, while his highest score has been 262 runs.
Joe Root achieved another big achievement during the Oval Test. He has also become the highest run-scorer batsman in the current WTC cycle (Championship cycle). In this matter he has left behind Indian captain Shubman Gill. In this cycle, Gill has scored 950 runs in just 8 matches at an unmatched average of 79.16. The special thing is that in this season, both Root and Gill have jointly recorded the maximum number of 5-5 centuries.
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Joe Root has been scoring runs continuously in this format for the last several years. He has scored a lot of runs in the very first season of the World Test Championship. He was the top scorer in the 2023-25 cycle, scoring 1,968 runs in 22 Test matches at an average of 54.66.
He again became the leading run-scorer in the 2021-23 cycle with 1,915 runs in 22 matches at an average of 53.19. In the first edition of the championship in the 2019-21 cycle, he was the second highest run-scorer by scoring 1,660 runs in 20 matches at an average of 47.42.
If Root had scored two more runs in the first innings of the Oval Test, he would have completed 14,000 Test runs. With this, Root would have broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record of scoring the fastest 14000 runs in Test history. Sachin Tendulkar had achieved this position in 171 matches, whereas Root has played only 164 Tests so far.
