Joe Root overtakes Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest run scorer in the India-England Test series

In the first Test match of the five-match series, England’s top batsman Joe Root overtook Sachin Tendulkar to become the highest run scorer in India vs. England contests on Thursday at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad.

With 32 matches remaining against England, Root stepped on the field and in need of 10 runs to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 2,535 runs. With a boundary off Axar Patel in the twenty-first over, the thirty-three-year-old English batsman broke Tendulkar’s record, amassing 2555 in 48 games.

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The player matches the fastest score, an average of 100 seconds.

Joe Root 2555 218 62.31 26*Nine Samanta Tendulkar 32 2535 193 51.73Seventh Sunil Gavaskar 38 2483 221 38.20 Fourth Alistar Cook 30 2431 294 47.66Seven Virat Kohli 28 1991 235 42.36 5

In addition, Root made history in the World Test Championship by becoming the first batter to score more than 4000 runs, with an incredible 4016 runs amassed in 48 Tests.

Root tried a sweep shot off Ravindra Jadeja’s bowling but was caught on the short fine-leg, ending his inning with a score of 29 from 60 in the first Test match against India that is now underway.

Ben Stokes, who chose to bat after winning the toss, was the last player to be out, bowled by Jasprit Bumrah for 70, as England were all out for 246.

Ben Duckett (35), and Zak Crawley (20) batted with an aggressiveness that has come to characterize the Brendan McCullum-coached team during their opening stand of 55 to give England a rousing start.

However, after the first eight overs, home captain Rohit Sharma introduced spin from both ends, completely changing the course of the match.

At the beginning of the five-match series, England chose to bat first, and spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin claimed three wickets each.

Before Stokes took over and increased the score before leaving as the last wicket, England was losing wickets on a regular basis.

With Wood as their lone fast bowler, England entered the men’s test match for the first time ever.