English batter Joe Root scored his 33rd Test hundred amidst Englandโs struggling first innings at Lordโs and has broken several records with the innings.
With his innings, he has again earned a special place in the hearts of his spectators. He has been lauded by not only English spectators but all cricket fans, who are great enthusiasts of the game.
Some have purely lauded his skill as a batter and have placed him among one of Englandโs greatest ever.
โHe is turning out to be a beast in terms of consistency in longer format, unbelievable since 2021, the Greatest Test batter from England,โ a tweet that holds him as the finest ever in red ball cricket.
โJoe Rootโs not just making runs; heโs rewriting the record books! Another century, another reminder of why heโs Englandโs finest.โ Sighting his merit correctly, Root is continuously contributing to the record books and earning them to his name.
โThe best batsman after Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar,” some greats often refer to him as the best ever after the two Indian cricket greats, which gives him much of an elevation.
โHis test run is a dream for many from the fab-4″โthis implies Rootโs legacy in the longest format of the game, as he went past all the greats from the fab-4.
Records Broken and awaited to be broken by Joe Root
Joe Root now has the joint most Test centuries for England alongside former skipper and Englandโs highest Test run-getter, Alastair Cook. He also inches closer to being Englandโs all-time highest run-getter. Root has sent a strong message to his fans of his sublime form.
Root, who now has 12,274 runs, is inching closer to overtaking Sri Lankan legend Sangakkara and English legend Alastair Cook by 126 or 198 runs behind, respectively.
With a lot of cricket still left in him as far as the longest format is concerned, he even seems to threaten the likes of the great Sachin Tendulkarโs record of most Test runs. Root can undoubtedly be one of the finest batters in the red ball format amidst a growing craze for cricket in T20 cricket.
