Image Source : PTI England captain Joe Root performs a sweep shot throughout the first take a look at match between Sri Lanka and England at Galle International Cricket Stadium.
England skipper Joe Root has gone previous Kevin Pietersen and David Gower to turn into the fourth-highest run-getter for his nation in Test cricket.
On Sunday, Root performed a 186-run knock, with the assistance of 18 boundaries, throughout England’s first innings within the second Test in opposition to Sri Lanka on the Galle International Stadium.
The right-handed batsman has amassed 8,238 Test runs in 180 innings he has performed to date and is fourth on the record of main run-getters for England.
Former captain Alastair Cook is the all-time highest run-getter for England with 12,472 Test runs in 161 matches he performed. He is adopted by Graham Gooch, who has 8,900 runs. Alec Stewart comes third within the record with 8,463 runs.
Root is adopted by Gower (8,231) and Pietersen (8,181).
Overall, former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar holds the document for being the best run-scorer in Test cricket. Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches he performed for India.
He is adopted by Ricky Ponting (13,378), Jacques Kallis (13,289) and Rahul Dravid (13,288).
After the fruits of the two-Test collection in opposition to Sri Lanka, the Joe Root-led aspect will face India in a four-match Test collection starting February 5 in Chennai.
