IND Vs Eng, 5th Test: Joe broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record, most runs in home test, know which number reached

IND vs Eng, 5th Test: England veteran batsman Joe Root may have scored only 29 runs in the first innings of the Oval Test against India, but this small innings has given him a big achievement of Test history. Joe Root has achieved a new place by leaving the great Sachin Tendulkar behind in the domestic Test. He has broken Sachin’s record of scoring the most runs in domestic Tests.

Route out of Sachin

Joe Root has completed 7224 runs while batting in the 84th home Test match of his career, while Sachin Tendulkar scored 7216 runs in 94 home Tests in his career. With this figure, Root has now reached the second place in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in the home test. Ahead of him is now only Ricky Ponting of Australia, who has 7258 runs in 92 domestic Tests. If the root scored 35 or more runs in the second innings of the Oval Test, he will also leave Ponting behind and achieve a new record.

Top 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in home test

Ricky Ponting – 92 matches, 7258 runs

Joe Root – 84 matches, 7224 runs*

Sachin Tendulkar – 94 matches, 7216 runs

Mahela Jayawardene – 81 matches, 7167 runs

Jacques Callis – 88 matches, 7035 runs

Team India’s brilliant comeback

Talking about the Oval Test, India started strongly in the second innings and scored 75 runs for 2 wickets by the end of the day’s play and took a lead of 52 runs. Yashasvi Jaiswal is playing unbeaten after scoring 51 runs, while Nightwatchman Akashdeep Singh is playing with him.

Earlier, the England team scored 247 runs in the first innings, while India’s first innings was reduced to 224 runs. England’s innings had a good start, but the return of Indian bowlers brought the hosts to the backfoot.

Will Ponting’s record break the route?

Oval pitch is considered helpful for the batsmen, so Joe Root has a golden opportunity to overtake Ricky Ponting’s record. If he does wonders with the bat even in the second innings, then another big record will be added to his name in Test history.