IND vs ENG: Joe Root becomes highest run scorer in India-England Tests; leapfrogs Sachin Tendulkar
IND vs ENG: Joe Root becomes highest run scorer in India-England Tests; leapfrogs Sachin Tendulkar in tally
Former England captain Joe Root added another feather to hiscap on Thursday (Jan 25) on the opening day of the first Test match against India in Hyderabad. Root, a modern-day legend in the English game has become the highest scorer in Test matches between England and India after he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar’s tally at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The veteran star was dismissed for 29 but made sure he scripted history before heading back to the pavilion.
Root scripts history
On the fourth ball of the 21st over, Root sweptAxar Patel for a four which saw him reach 13 runs and become the highest scorer in the history of Test matches between India and England. Root needed 10 runs at the start of the match to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s tally. Interestingly, Root has scored maximum Test runs against India (2,555), followed by Australia against whom he has scored 2,428 runs in 34 matches.
Highest Scorers in India vs England Test matches
Joe Root, England – 2555 Runs in 26 Matches
Sachin Tendulkar, India – 2535 Runs in 32 Matches
Sunil Gavaskar, India – 2483 Runs in 38 Matches
Alastair Cook, England – 2431 Runs in 30 Matches
Virat Kohli, India – 1991 Runs in 28 Matches
Rahul Dravid, India – 1950 Runs in 21 Matches
What happened on Day 1?
At the time of writing, India made a solid start to their innings after bowling out England in their first innings. India were 77/0 with Yashasvi Jaiswal scoring a fifty of just 48 deliveries while Rohit Sharma was batting on 23 off 21. India had earlier bowled out England for 246 with skipper Ben Stokes top-scoring with 70 runs. Despite a good start to their innings through Ben Duckett (35) and Zak Crawley (20), England lost wickets at regular intervals as the Indian team was in top form.
Joe Root (29) and Jonny Bairstow (37) steadied the ship for England but Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin scalped three wickets each to break the backbone of England’s middle-order batting. Axar Patel and Jasprit Bumrah also ended with two wickets each before the visitors were bowled out.
