In the first Test match between India and England at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, former England skipper Joe Root surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to script a massive milestone.
England, batting first, lost three wickets in the first session and at lunch, the Three Lions were 108/3 with Joe Root unbeaten on 18 (35). Before the start of the first match, Sachin held the record of being the leading run-getter in Test matches played between India and England with 2535 runs in 32 Tests.
Root required just ten runs to surpass the master blaster’s feat, and with an unbeaten 18 runs knock, Root now has 2544 runs in just 45 innings. Root reached the milestone by smashing a boundary off Axar Patel on the fourth ball of the 21st over.
Here is the list of leading run-getters in Test matches between India & England.
Joe Root – 2544
Sachin Tendulkar- 2535
Sunil Gavaskar – 2483
Alaister Cook – 2431
Virat Kohli – 1991
Rahul Dravid – 1950
Root eyeing Sachin’s another record
Notably, Root is also eyeing to break Sachin’s record of most runs in Test cricket, as the right-hand batter is the leading run-scorer among active cricketers with 11,434 runs in 248 innings.
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