Joe Root
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Joe Root, Steve Smith or Kane Williamson? Ravi Ashwin names toughest batter to bowl to
Cricket | Jan 30, 2025, 04:52 PM ISTFormer India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin revealed the toughest batter he has bowled to in international cricket. He also named Ravindra Jadeja as his favourite bowling partner and revealed the reason behind the same.
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Top 5 players with most centuries in WTC history
Sports | Jan 29, 2025, 06:32 PM ISTICC introduced the World Test Championship in 2019 and since then, the third cycle is about to end. A lot of batters have scored a lot of runs and centuries so far in the tournament. Here's the list of the top five players with most centuries in WTC history.
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Joe Root smashes career-best 92* to power Paarl Royals to record-breaking chase in SA20 history
Cricket | Jan 18, 2025, 09:26 PM ISTThe legendary English cricketer smashed 92* off just 60 balls to help Paarl Royals chase down a huge total of 212 against Pretoria Capitals in the 12th match of the SA20 2025. Root has been in sensational form in T20 cricket ahead of his return to ODIs in the Champions Trophy 2025.
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Players to take most catches in Test cricket
Sports | Jan 11, 2025, 07:11 PM ISTFrom Rahul Dravid to Ricky Ponting, here is a list of five cricketers to have taken the most number of catches in Test cricket. The list features only one Indian.
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5 players with most fifty-plus scores in WTC history
Sports | Jan 04, 2025, 10:50 PM ISTJoe Root stars on top with the most fifty-plus scores in the history of the World Test Championship. Here is a list of five players with the most fifty-plus scores in WTC.
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Steve Smith breaks Joe Root's all-time record against India with hundred in boxing day Test at MCG
Cricket | Dec 27, 2024, 06:44 AM ISTSteve Smith also brought up his fifth Test hundred at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). He now has more Test centuries than Alan Border at the iconic venue. Notably, this is Smith's second consecutive hundred in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Joe Root returns, no Ben Stokes as England announce squads for Champions Trophy and India tour
Cricket | Dec 22, 2024, 04:11 PM ISTThe veteran cricketer Joe Root last played an ODI game during the 2023 World Cup but has been in sensational form in Tests in 2024. But there is no place for star all-rounder Ben Stokes in England's squad for the Champions Trophy.
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Joe Root regains number 1 spot in latest ICC Test rankings update, topples Harry Brook
Cricket | Dec 18, 2024, 02:01 PM ISTJoe Root has toppled Harry Brook to become the number-one-ranked Test batter in the latest ICC rankings update. Both of them featured in the third Test against New Zealand which England lost by a massive margin of 423 runs.
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5 Players to score most runs in international cricket in 2024
Sports | Dec 17, 2024, 06:46 PM ISTA lot of cricket is being played in December. A lot of cricket has been already played this year across formats and very few players have managed to excel in all three forms of the sport. Here are the top five run-scorers in 2024 in international cricket.
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Joe Root creates another record, breaks Pakistan legend's feat during 3rd Test against New Zealand
Cricket | Dec 17, 2024, 04:22 PM ISTJoe Root has been scoring runs for fun in recent years. He has registered yet another record in his illustrious Test career, which is growing time by time. Root has shattered a record of a Pakistan legend during the third Test match against New Zealand.
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Root continues his record-breaking spree in Tests, leaves Miandad behind to script history in NZ
Cricket | Dec 15, 2024, 09:10 AM ISTNew Zealand had a sensational second morning in the third Test after adding 32 runs to their overnight score before having England five down for less than a hundred. However, despite the collapse, Joe Root found a way to eke out some sort of a score and break another record in Tests.
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Harry Brook ends Joe Root's ninth stint as number 1 Test batter in latest ICC rankings
Cricket | Dec 11, 2024, 02:02 PM ISTJoe Root became the number 1 Test batter for the ninth time in his career on July 31 this year. However, his stint was a short one this time, less than five months to be precise, with his teammate Harry Brook displacing him to the top following a sensational performance in Test series vs New Zealand
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Root slams 36th Test century, equals Dravid; gets to his milestone with a bizarre ramp shot - WATCH
Cricket | Dec 08, 2024, 07:59 AM ISTEngland declared on 427/6 after Joe Root was dismissed on 106 and skipper Ben Stokes remained unbeaten on 49 as the visitors set New Zealand a massive target of 583 runs to chase in the second Test in Wellington. Root now has the most centuries by a batter in Tests in 2024.
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Joe Root registers rare feat, joins Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis on elite list
Cricket | Dec 07, 2024, 12:45 PM ISTJoe Root has become a run machine in red-ball cricket. The former England captain is already the leading run-getter in Test cricket among active players. He is closing in on Sachin Tendulkar on the list of leading run-getters in Test cricket.
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NZ vs ENG Pitch Report: How will surface at Basin Reserve in Wellington for New Zealand vs England?
Cricket | Dec 05, 2024, 07:57 PM ISTNZ vs ENG 2nd Test pitch report: England registered a dominating 8-wicket win in the first Test match against New Zealand in Christchurch and will enter the second game in Wellington as favourites to seal the three-match away series.
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6 Players with most runs in pink-ball Tests
Sports | Dec 03, 2024, 01:04 PM ISTIndia and Australia are all geared up to take on each other in a pink-ball Test at the Adelaide Oval from December 6. Therefore, let's look at the leading run-getters in pink-ball Tests before the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
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Joe Root breaks Sachin Tendulkar's world record with unbeaten 23 vs New Zealand
Cricket | Dec 01, 2024, 09:31 AM ISTJoe Root is also a strong contender to move past Sachin Tendulkar on the all-time leading run-getters list in Test cricket history. Root has already scored 12777 runs in Tests and needs 3145 runs more to break Sachin's record.
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Joe Root records a duck in his 150th Test; goes past Virat Kohli, Steve Smith on unwanted WTC list
Cricket | Nov 29, 2024, 08:34 AM ISTJoe Root since his double hundred in Multan against Pakistan, has scored just 90 runs in five innings as he was dismissed for a four-ball duck by debutant Nathan Smith. New Zealand posted an impressive score of 348 runs on the board riding on Kane Williamson and Glenn Phillips' innings.
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Kane Williamson shines in Joe Root's landmark Test, misses well deserved century by just 7 runs
Cricket | Nov 28, 2024, 01:34 PM ISTThe first Test of the three-match series between England and New Zealand got underway today. Kane Williamson made a comeback for the Kiwis and shined with 93 runs after the visitors opted to bowl. For the first time in six years, he has been dismissed in the 90s.
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Yashasvi Jaiswal moves past Joe Root to achieve mammoth Test record in 2024
Cricket | Nov 26, 2024, 12:11 AM ISTYashasvi Jaiswal is behind only Joe Root on the list of players with the most runs in Test cricket in 2024. Jaiswal has scored over 1100 runs in the longest format of the game in the ongoing calendar year whereas Root has amassed 1338 runs for England.