Joe Root Needs 52 Runs In 3rd Test Vs Sri Lanka To CREATE HISTORY, Will Become First Player To...

Joe Root Needs 52 Runs In 3rd Test Vs Sri Lanka To CREATE HISTORY, Will Become First Player To... Photo : AP

KEY HIGHLIGHTS England are set to take on Sri Lanka in the final Test of the 3-match series.

Joe Root is coming on the back of scoring two centuries in the second Test.

He needs 52 runs to become the first player to achieve a massive feat.

England are all set to take on Sri Lanka in the third Test of the three-match series at the Oval Cricket Ground in London. All eyes will be on Joe Root during this match, especially after his historic performance in the second Test of the series, where he scored two centuries in two innings. He is now on the cusp of history, as he is set to become the first player ever to achieve a remarkable feat in the history of the World Test Championship ( WTC ).

Joe Root has scored 4948 runs in the history of the WTC and is thus the all-time leading run scorer in the competition. If he manages to score 52 runs in the third Test vs Sri Lanka, he will become the first player in history to score 5000 runs in the WTC.

Here are the players with the most number of runs in the history of the WTC:

Joe Root- 4948

Marnus Labuschagne- 3904

Steve Smith- 3486

Ben Stokes- 3101

Babar Azam- 2725

Joe Root is also on the cusp of overtaking Alastair Cook to become the all-time highest run-scorer for England in Test Cricket history. Root has 12,377 runs and needs 96 runs in the third Test vs Sri Lanka to go past Cook's tally of 12,472 runs.

Here are the players with the most runs for England in Test Cricket history:

Alastair Cook – 12,472

Joe Root – 12,377

Graham Gooch – 8900

Alec Stewart – 8463

David Gower – 8231

Joe Root, with his twin centuries in the second Test vs Sri Lanka, now has 34 centuries in Test Cricket. He has eclipsed Alastair Cook to become the leading century-maker for England in the longest format of the game. He also overtook Kane Williamson and Steve Smith to become the player with the most centuries in Tests among active players.

Joe Root has slammed 50 centuries in international cricket across all formats. He has slammed 34 Test Centuries and 16 ODI centuries. He is now only the second active batter to breach this mark after Virat Kohli, who has 80 centuries (50 In ODIs, 29 In Tests, 1 in T20Is).

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