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Joe Root Record: The first match of the 3-match Test series is going to be played between England and Pakistan from 19th August. England will be captained in the first match to be played at Lord's by Joe Root, to whom ECB has handed over the responsibility after Ben Stokes. In this match played by England against Pakistan, Joe Root has a great opportunity to break a great record of Sachin Tendulkar and become number-1. So let us know what Root will have to do to achieve this milestone…

Sachin Tendulkar's record on target of Joe Root

Sachin Tendulkar is the target of English team captain Joe Root. Although Sachin Tendulkar has many records, but in the first Test match to be played with Pakistan, his eyes will be on a special record. If Root manages to score two half-centuries in the Lord's Test, he will become the batsman with the most half-centuries in Test cricket.

Currently this record is registered in the name of master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin played 200 test matches for India, in which he scored 68 half-centuries. Whereas Root has scored 68 fifties in 166 test matches. In such a situation, even if he scores a fifty, he will be equal to Sachin in this matter.

Joe Root's test record is like this

England's star cricketer and captain Joe Root has played 166 Test matches for his team since 2012, in which he has scored 14114 runs at an average of 50.58 in 304 innings. During this period he has scored 41 centuries and 68 half-centuries. He was also out on zero 15 times.

Talking about Sachin Tendulkar's statistics, he played 200 test matches, in which he scored 15921 runs at an average of 53.78. During this period he scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries.

ENG VS PAK test will start at Lord's today

The first match of the 3-match Test series to be played between the England cricket team and the Pakistan cricket team will be played at Lord's today. In this match, while Joe Root will be leading England, Salman Ali Aga can be seen leading Pakistan. Since, Babar Azam will not play in the first test match against England to be held at Headingley today. He got injured in his right hand during the practice match, due to which he is out of this match.

Let us tell you that Joe Root has captained England in 65 Test matches, in which he led the team to victory in 27 matches, in 27 matches the team had to face defeat, while in the same 11 matches ended in a draw.

Both teams are like this

England team: Ben Duckett, Emilio Gay, Jordan Cox, Joe Root (captain), Harry Brook, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir, Ollie Pope, Josh Tong, Sam Cook, Ollie Robinson, Matthew Fisher.

Pakistan team: Azaan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafiq, Shan Masood, Salman Agha (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Aamir Jamal, Sajid Khan, Ubaid Shah, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Ghazi Ghori, Saud Shakeel, Abdullah Fazal, Awais Zafar, Ali Usman.