Shubman Gill vs Joe Root: Stats comparison after 37 Test matches
Shubman Gill vs Joe Root: Stats comparison after 37 Test matches
Shubman Gill and Joe Root both have been the best batters of their respective Test teams. In the Test series between India and England, Root and Gill have been the top scorers, smashing multiple centuries. Here's the stats comparison between them after 37 Tests:
Shubman Gill has scored 2636 runs after 37 Test matches (68 innings) in his career at an average of 41.84 with 269 being his highest score. At the same Joe Root had scored 3196 runs at an average of 54.16 after 37 Test matches (68 innings) with 200* being the best score of his career.
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Shubman Gill has so far faced 4300 deliveries in his career after 37 Test matches and has scored his runs at a strike rate of 61.30. As for Root, he had faced 6027 balls in 37 Tests but his strike rate of 53.02 was much lower than that of Gill. Having said that, strike-rate are not important in the longest format but with the emergence of T20 cricket, the numbers are high these days among modern-day cricketers.
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Shubman Gill has so far smacked nine centuries and seven fifties after 37 Test matches in his short career. He has also crossed the 200-run mark once, notching up 269 against England. Joe Root scored eight centuries and as many as 18 fifties in 37 Test matches of his career. He crossed the 200-run mark only once during this period and did so against Sri Lanka.
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Shubman Gill, at this stage of his career, played 15 Tests against England and scored 1335 runs at an average of 53.4 with six centuries and three fifties to his name. As far as his Root is concerned, he played only six out of his first 37 Tests against India and scored 611 runs against them at an average of 101.83 with two centuries and four fifties to his name.
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Shubman Gill has registered five ducks in 37 Test matches so far. At the same time, he has also smacked 293 fours and 47 sixes. Joe Root, meanwhile, had only two ducks to his name in 37 Tests and smacked 347 fours and 14 sixes as well.
