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Joe Root: England's Test captain Joe Root has created history against Pakistan at Headingley. Joe Root has made a historic record by scoring a fifty in the first innings of this match. Joe Root has now equaled the record of India's great Sachin Tendulkar in terms of scoring most half-centuries in Test cricket. Joe Root, who is taking command of the team again after the retirement of Ben Stokes, has made another record. Root has now become the first player in the world to complete 3000 runs as a captain in the history of the World Test Championship.

Joe Root equals Sachin Tendulkar's most number of fifties

Joe Root batted brilliantly and scored a half-century in the first innings of the first Test match being played against Pakistan at Headingley. With this, Joe Root equaled the record of most half-centuries in the history of Test cricket held by great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin had scored a total of 68 half-centuries in Test cricket. Now Root also has 68 half-centuries to his name. In this match, Root can leave Sachin behind and become number 1.

The special thing is that Sachin Tendulkar had to play 200 test matches to achieve this position, during which he scored 68 half-centuries. Whereas Root has established this record in only 167 matches. He has played 33 test matches less than Sachin Tendulkar.

Joe Root also made a big record in WTC

Joe Root has made another record in his name in the Leeds Test match against Pakistan. Joe Root has now become the batsman who has scored the most runs as a captain in the World Test Championship. He has left behind all the great captains around the world. Root has completed 3000 runs as captain in WTC. Before this match, he needed only 42 runs to reach this figure, which he achieved by scoring a half-century.

Players who scored the most runs as captain in WTC:

Joe Root (England): 34 matches, 63 innings, 3000* runs, best score 228, average 50.13, 8 centuries, 13 half-centuries
Ben Stokes (England): 40 matches, 71 innings, 2182 runs, best score 155, average 32.56, 3 centuries, 11 half-centuries
Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka): 24 matches, 45 innings, 2160 runs, best score 244, average 49.09, 6 centuries, 12 half-centuries
Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies): 32 matches, 64 innings, 1994 runs, best score 160, average 32.68, 3 centuries, 12 half-centuries
Babar Azam (Pakistan): 20 matches, 37 innings, 1918 runs, best score 196, average 56.41, 4 centuries, 13 half-centuries

Joe Root will be eyeing Ricky Ponting's record

In this series against Pakistan, Joe Root will now be eyeing a record of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting. Let us tell you that the record of scoring the most Test runs on home soil is still in the name of Ponting. Ponting had scored 7578 runs while playing 92 Test matches in his home country Australia. Whereas Joe Root has also scored a total of 7542 runs in Test cricket so far in his home country of England.