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England’s Joe Root Completes 10,191 Runs In Test Cricket, Surpasses Sunil Gavaskar

Mumbai: England batsman Joe Root completed 10191 test cricket runs and broke former India batsman Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 10122 runs.

Root achieved the feat on the fourth day of the ongoing second Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge, where he scored 176 runs in England’s first innings total.

With this record, England batsman Gavaskar and Pakistan’s Younis Khan have reached the 12th place in terms of highest run-scorer in Test cricket. The tally is led by Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar with a total of 15921 runs.

Coming into the second Test, New Zealand, batting first, set a target of 554 runs in the first innings. Daryl Mitchell and Tom Blundell scored 190 and 106 respectively.

For England, James Anderson took three wickets while Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes and Jack Leach took two wickets each. In return, England was bundled out for 539, with Trent Boult taking five and Michael Bracewell taking three.

Coming to bat against, New Zealand ended Day 4 at 224/7 with Daryl Mitchell and Matt Henry standing unbeaten at the crease.

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