Joe Root becomes Second highest scorer in test cricket
Digest more
Joe Root, the second highest run-scorer in Tests had climbed the run-mountain by 'eliminating risk of all possible modes of dismissal.
Joe Root, during a superb innings of exactly 150 in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, went from fifth to second in the list of the highest run-scorers in Test cricket.
WATCH: Ricky Ponting makes bold prediction on Joe Root possibly breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s all-time Test runs record; says “he might well do that.”
England will need eight wickets not seven with a hobbling Rishabh Pant batting with broken foot a real possibility, and this pitch is not wearing that much, so lot of work to do, according to Nasser Hussain.
1d
Press Trust of India on MSNRoot surpasses Ponting, next in sight is all-time leading run-getter Tendulkar
The prolific Joe Root on Friday surpassed Australian legend Ricky Ponting's tally to become the second highest run-getter in the history of Test cricket and next in sight of the England batter is Indi