Joe Root Attracts Stage With Sachin Tendulkar, Registers Unbelievable Feat In Pakistan vs England Multan Check

England batter Joe Root continued to excel within the first Check in opposition to Pakistan in Multan, mentioning the sixth double century of his profession. Root, who ended Day 3 unbeaten on 176, reached his double hundred within the first session of Day 4, as England overturned Pakistan’s first innings whole of 556 with relative ease. Root’s sixth double century took him previous the tally of England nice Alastair Prepare dinner, who boasts 5 double centuries. Root solely has to chase yet another participant right down to grow to be the Englishman with essentially the most Check double a whole bunch.

Root is now solely behind Wally Hammond, who registered seven double centuries between 1927 and 1947.

Six double a whole bunch additionally makes Root go stage with a bunch of cricket legends with the identical quantity. Root is now stage with Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Virender Sehwag, Kane Williamson, Younis Khan, Javed Miandad and Marvan Atapattu in registering six double centuries in Check cricket.

Alongside Root, batting companion Harry Brook additionally notched up a sensational double hundred, batting at a strike price of over 80. Root and Brook’s partnership stretched to greater than 409 at Lunch on Day 4, simply two behind the highest-ever Check partnership for any wicket by any English pair. By the way, the duo additionally turned the third English pair to notch up a number of 300+ partnerships in Check cricket.

It’s also the highest-ever partnership to be achieved in a Check match performed in Multan, overtaking a document of 336 set by Sehwag and Tendulkar in 2004, when Sehwag had scored a triple century for the primary time.

If Root or Brook reaches 300, they’d grow to be the primary English batters since Graham Gooch in 1990 to hit a Check triple hundred.

Root additionally turned the first-ever visiting batter to attain a double hundred in every of India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.