Archive · 30 Jul 2025
Joe Root Chasing Records in Final Test Against India
Joe Root, a famous cricket player, is about to break some more records!
He needs to score a few runs to get to 6000 runs in a special championship.
Also, he is very close to getting 24 centuries (scoring 100 runs in a single match) at home, which would be a record.
Root has already moved up the ranks and is now the second highest run scorer ever in test cricket, not too far behind Sachin Tendulkar.
Joe Root is nearing multiple Test cricket records in the fifth Test against India at The Oval.
He is 54 runs away from reaching 6000 runs in the ICC World Test Championship.
Root needs one century to become the first to score 24 Test centuries on home soil.
He is closing in on 2000 Test runs against India in England, needing 23 more.
Root already surpassed Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run-scorer in Tests.
- Who
- Joe Root
- What
- Joe Root's potential to break multiple Test cricket records.
- When
- Fifth Test against India at The Oval, starting July 31.
- Where
- The Oval, London
- Why
- To highlight Root's achievements and potential record-breaking performance.
- Runs needed for 6000 WTC runs
- 54
- Runs against India in England
- 1977
- Runs needed to reach 2000 runs against India in England
- 23
- Home Centuries (tied)
- 23 (with Kallis, Ponting and Jayawardene)
- Current rank in Test runs
- 2
