NEW DELHI: Joe Root was at his majestic finest on a sunny Thursday morning on the packed Multan Cricket Stadium. Root hammered a superb double century in opposition to Pakistan on the fourth day of the opening Check.
Resuming on 176, Root reached his double century off 305 balls, showcasing outstanding calmness and composure. His innings featured simply 14 boundaries, a testomony to his affected person method.
This marked Root’s sixth double century in Check cricket, surpassing legends like Rahul Dravid, Alastair Prepare dinner, and Graeme Smith, who every scored 5 double centuries of their illustrious careers.
By reaching six double centuries, Root now joins an elite group that features Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting, Marvan Atapattu, Kane Williamson, Javed Miandad, and Younis Khan.
Root, smiling, eliminated his helmet, kissed the badge, and raised his bat to rejoice this outstanding achievement.
Root’s double century is the primary by an England batsman in Pakistan since Ted Dexter’s 205 in Karachi again in 1962.
With this knock, Root turns into the primary England batter to attain two double tons of in opposition to Pakistan.
Beforehand, Denis Compton, Ted Dexter, Alastair Prepare dinner, and Zak Crawley every recorded one double century in opposition to Pakistan.
Root’s double centuries in Assessments:
200* vs Pakistan, Multan in 2024
228 vs Sri Lanka, Galle in 2021
218 vs India, Chennai in 2021
226 vs New Zealand, Hamilton in 2019
254 vs Pakistan, Manchester in 2016
200* vs Sri Lanka, Lord’s in 2014
Most double tons of for England
7 – Wally Hammond
6 – Joe Root*
5 – Alastair Prepare dinner
4 – Leonard Hutton
3 – Kevin Pietersen
