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In 30 Tests played so far against India, Joe Root has 2846 runs to his name, which is the most by any batter against India in the five-day format of the game.
Joe Root has scored 2846 runs in 30 Tests played so far against India. (Picture Credit: AP)
The Indian men’s cricket team will face England in a five-match Test series which is set to start on June 20 in Leeds. During the five-match series, Joe Root will be a key player for the hosts. The right-handed batter from Yorkshire is England’s leading run getter in Test cricket, and there will be high expectations from him in the five matches. During the high-voltage matches against India, Root will have a chance to create history.
If the right-handed batter manages to amass a total of at least 154 runs in the upcoming five matches, then he will enter his name in the history books by becoming the first player in the world to score 3000 runs in Test cricket against India.
As of now, Root, who made his Test debut against India in December 2012, has 2846 runs to his name in 30 matches played so far. He needs 154 more runs to complete 3000 Test runs.
Most runs in Tests against India
| POSITION | PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | AVERAGE | BEST SCORE | 100/50 |
| 1. | Joe Root | England | 30 | 2846 | 58.08 | 218 | 10/11 |
| 2. | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 29 | 2555 | 54.36 | 257 | 8/12 |
| 3. | Alastair Cook | England | 30 | 2431 | 47.66 | 294 | 7/9 |
| 4. | Steve Smith | Australia | 24 | 2356 | 58.90 | 192 | 11/5 |
| 5. | Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 28 | 2344 | 58.60 | 242* | 7/12 |
Root, who is the fifth leading run getter in Test cricket, has scored 10 centuries and 11 half-centuries in the five-day format of the game against Team India. If he crosses the 100-run mark twice in the upcoming series, then he will go past Steve Smith’s tally of 11 Test centuries against India.
Most 100s against India in Tests
- Steve Smith (Australia) – 11
- Joe Root (England) – 10
- Garry Sobers (West Indies) – 8
- Viv Richards (West Indies) – 8
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 8
The former England Test captain is the leading run getter in World Test Championship history, and a total of 457 runs in the series against India will help him become the first batter in the world to score 6000 runs in the WTC.
Most runs in WTC
| POSITION | PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | AVERAGE | BEST SCORE | 100/50s |
| 1. | Joe Root | England | 64 | 5543 | 51.80 | 262 | 18/21 |
| 2. | Marnus Labuschagne | Australia | 52 | 4186 | 48.67 | 215 | 11/12 |
| 3. | Steve Smith | Australia | 52 | 4072 | 50.90 | 211 | 13/17 |
| 4. | Ben Stokes | England | 53 | 3312 | 37.21 | 176 | 7/17 |
| 5. | Usman Khawaja | Australia | 39 | 3165 | 48.69 | 232 | 8/13 |
In the last Test series played between India and England in England, Root amassed a total of 564 runs in four matches.
If Root finishes the five-match series with at least 373 runs, then he will break Ricky Ponting’s record of 13,378 Test runs and become the second-leading run getter in the traditional format of the game. As of now, Root has 13,006 runs to his name in 153 matches.
Most runs in Test cricket
| POSITION | PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | AVERAGE | BEST SCORE | 100/50s |
| 1. | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 | 15,291 | 53.78 | 248* | 51/68 |
| 2. | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 168 | 13,378 | 51.85 | 257 | 41/62 |
| 3. | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 166 | 13,289 | 55.37 | 224 | 45/48 |
| 4. | Rahul Dravid | India | 164 | 13,288 | 52.31 | 270 | 36/63 |
| 5. | Joe Root | England | 153 | 13,006 | 50.80 | 262 | 36/65 |
He became the fastest batter in the world to score 13,000 runs in Test cricket (in terms of matches) during the four-day match played against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge last month.
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