{"id":123842,"date":"2024-08-29T14:46:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/joe-root-surpasses-two-west-indies-legends-in-different-records-after-fifty-in-second-test-against-sri-lanka\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T14:46:30","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:46:30","slug":"joe-root-surpasses-two-west-indies-legends-in-different-records-after-fifty-in-second-test-against-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/joe-root-surpasses-two-west-indies-legends-in-different-records-after-fifty-in-second-test-against-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Root surpasses two West Indies legends in different records after fifty in second Test against Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2024\/08\/main-42-1724938806.jpg?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Joe Root surpasses two West Indies legends in different records after fifty in second Test against Sri Lanka\" title=\"Joe Root surpasses two West Indies legends in different records after fifty in second Test against Sri Lanka\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Joe Root during the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on August 29, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/joe-root\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> continues his red-hot form with another sensational fifty in the ongoing second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on Thursday, August 29. The star English batter recorded his 97th fifty-plus score in Test cricket to shatter a couple of big records.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>England lost two early wickets after being forced to bat first in the second Test at Lord&#8217;s. Root kept the runs flowing with crucial partnerships with Ben Duckett and Harry Brook and helped England fight back in the second session.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old batter who shattered a match-winning unbeaten fifty in the first match, picked up where he left off and pulled another impressive innings. He reached a 50-tun mark in 84 balls and surpassed the Caribbean legend Shivnarine Chanderpaul in an exclusive list of players with the most 50+ scores in red-ball cricket.<\/p>\n<p>Only four cricketers have scored more 50+ plus knocks in Test cricket than Root who needs seven more fifties to go second in the list. Root scored 64* off 98 balls as England seemed\u00a0to find some quick runs in the middle stages with a 165\/4 total in 43 overs.\u00a0    <\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most 50+ scores in Test cricket<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" rel=\"noopener\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> &#8211; 119\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 329 Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Jacques Kallis &#8211;\u00a0103\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 280\u00a0Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Ricky Ponting &#8211;\u00a0103\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 287\u00a0Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Rahul Dravid &#8211; 99\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 286\u00a0Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Joe Root &#8211; 97\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 264\u00a0Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Shivanarine Chanderpaul &#8211; 96\u00a0fifty-plus scores\u00a0in 280\u00a0Test innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<p>Root also became the second-highest\u00a0all-time leading run-getter in international cricket among active players after scoring 48 runs. He surpassed West Indies veteran <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/chris-gayle\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Gayle<\/a> and now needs only 400* runs to complete 20,000 international runs. He is only behind the Indian great <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/virat-kohli\" rel=\"noopener\">Virat Kohli<\/a> who comfortably dominates\u00a0the top spot with 26,942 runs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Most international runs by active cricketers (all formats)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Virat Kohli &#8211; 26942 runs in 591 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Joe Root &#8211; 19600 runs in 453 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Chris Gayle &#8211; 19593\u00a0runs in 551 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/rohit-sharma\" rel=\"noopener\">Rohit Sharma<\/a> &#8211; 19234 runs in 509 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Kane Willamson &#8211; 18128\u00a0runs in 423 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/topic\/steve-smith\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Smith<\/a> &#8211; 16225 runs in 392 international innings<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/ol>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/cricket\/joe-root-surpasses-two-west-indies-legends-in-different-records-with-fifty-in-second-test-against-sri-lanka-2024-08-29-949465\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Joe Root during the second Test against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on August 29, 2024 Joe Root continues his red-hot form with another sensational fifty in the ongoing second Test match against Sri Lanka at Lord&#8217;s on Thursday, August 29. 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