England National Cricket Team Modern-Day Batting Great Joe Root has made history with its performance in the ongoing fourth Test match against India National Cricket Team.
The fourth test of the five-match Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 between India and England is currently underway at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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Which becomes the second largest run-goldter in the root test history
Root has completely changed itself since 2021 and switched to its animal mode. The right -handed batsman has scored runs in all consecutive situations and has established himself as one of the best test batsmen of all time.
He started the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy with some decent scores before bringing his best in Lord’s Test match, where he slammed a terrible tonne.
Root improved his performance in the following Test matches in Manchester, which is currently running. He has batted exceptionally well in England’s first innings and re -written history books.
In the same innings, Joe Root overtook Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting to become the second largest run-song in Test cricket history.
He reached the number 2 position after reaching the score of 120* and moved beyond the Test Tally of Ricky Ponting of 13378 runs. Root has now set his places on Sachin Tendulkar, who is the leading run-song in Test history with 15921 runs in his bag.
After climbing the root, the top 10 run-songs in the test history climbs number 2
| Player | Mat | Run | average | 100 | 50 |
| SR Tendulkar (IND) | 200 | 15921 | 53.78 | 51 | 68 |
| Je Route (Eng) | 157 | 13380 | 51.26 | 38 | 66 |
| RT Ponting (AUS) | 168 | 13378 | 51.85 | 41 | 62 |
| JH Kallis (ICC/SA) | 166 | 13289 | 55.37 | 45 | 58 |
| R Dravid (ICC/IND) | 164 | 13288 | 52.31 | 36 | 63 |
| A cook (Eng) | 161 | 12472 | 45.35 | 33 | 57 |
| KC Sangakkara (SL) | 134 | 12400 | 57.4 | 38 | 52 |
| BC Lara (ICC/Wi) | 131 | 11953 | 52.88 | 34 | 48 |
| S chenderpal (wi) | 164 | 11867 | 51.37 | 30 | 66 |
| Dpmd jayawardene (SL) | 149 | 11814 | 49.84 | 34 | 50 |
Congratulations Joe Root. Fantastic – Ricky Ponting
Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting were making on-air commentary, when the root became the second biggest run-song in the history of Test cricket. Former head coach of India said:
“You go there. The number 2 in the list is the route. As he moves beyond the great Ricky Ponting. And now only the great person is behind Sachin Tendulkar.”
Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting congratulated Joe Root for breaking his record and labeled the moment as luxurious. He also said that the route can go all the way on the top and cross the god of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, to become a leading run-song in Test cricket history. Ponting said:
“Congratulations Joe Root. Fantastic. Second on the table. 129 out. Outside. This crowd on the ground is very knowledgeable in Old Trafford. All are standing as a great moment in history. And as you said Ravi, just one more to go now.
“About two and a half thousand runs are behind. But the way his career has gone in the last four or five years, it is not a reason.”
Ricky Ponting appreciated Joe Root for crossing her on comment. pic.twitter.com/detqq64LSE
– Johns. (@Criccrazyjohns) 25 July, 2025
The moment Ricky Ponting took a tally run in the Old Trafford commentary box while receiving the route! pic.twitter.com/U4NPNSD8M1
– Sky Sports Cricket (@Skycricket) 25 July, 2025
