Joe Root Creates History, Becomes 1st Player In The World To…

Last Updated:August 01, 2025, 20:03 IST

Root entered his name in the history books on Friday by becoming the first cricketer in the world to score 2000 Test runs against India in one country.

Joe Root entered his name in the history books on Friday (August 1) by becoming the first cricketer in the world to score 2000 Test runs against India in one country. The ongoing fifth India-England Test at The Oval is Root’s 20th Test against India in England, and he now has 2000 runs to his credit. Root needed 23 runs in the fifth Test to complete 2000 Test runs against India in England, and he achieved the objective by scoring a four (when he was batting on 21 from 39 balls) on the first ball of the 32nd over bowled by Mohammed Siraj during the afternoon session of the second day’s play.

In the list of batters with the most Test runs against India in England, Root is followed by Alastair Cook, who amassed a total of 1196 runs in 17 matches, and Graham Gooch, who finished his career with 1134 runs in 10 matches.

Most runs for England against India (in England)

PLAYER	MATCHES	RUNS	AVG	BEST
Joe Root	20	2002*	73.96	180*
Alastair Cook	17	1196	44.29	294
Graham Gooch	10	1134	66.70	333
Ian Bell	12	991	52.15	235
Michael Vaughan	7	910	75.83	197
Kevin Pietersen	7	878	79.81	202*
David Gower	12	833	52.06	200*
Geoff Boycott	8	707	64.27	246*
Ken Barrington	8	681	61.90	97
Ian Botham	7	647	80.87	208

Ricky Ponting finished his career with 1893 runs in 15 Tests against India in Australia, and Steve Smith has amassed a total of 1396 runs against India in 13 Test matches played so far in Australia.

A total of 15 batters have scored more than 1000 Test runs against India in one country, but England’s Root and Cook are the only two cricketers who have scored 1000 Test runs both at home (England) and away (in India) against the Indian team.

Most runs against India in one country

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	VENUE
Joe Root	England	20*	2002*	England
Ricky Ponting	Australia	15	1893	Australia
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	17	1547	West Indies
Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	11	1427	Pakistan
Steve Smith	Australia	13	1396	Australia
Clive Lloyd	West Indies	14	1359	India
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	15	1280	Pakistan
Joe Root	England	15	1272	India
Alastair Cook	England	13	1235	India
Alastair Cook	England	17	1196	England
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	12	1194	Sri Lanka
Graham Gooch	England	10	1134	England
Michael Clarke	Australia	9	1077	Australia
Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan	10	1073	Pakistan
Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	14	1042	India
Matthew Hayden	Australia	11	1027	India
Garry Sobers	West Indies	10	1021	West Indies

Meanwhile a total of five non-Indian batters — Clive Lloyd, Root, Cook, Gordon Greenidge and Matthew Hayden — have scored more than 1000 Test runs in India.

Most Test runs in India (by non Indian batters)

PLAYER	TEAM	MATCHES	RUNS	AVERAGE	BEST SCORE
Clive Lloyd	West Indies	14	1359	75.50	242*
Joe Root	England	15	1272	45.42	218
Alastair Cook	England	13	1235	51.45	190
Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	14	1042	45.30	194
Matthew Hayden	Australia	11	1027	51.35	203
Alvin Kallicharran	West Indies	11	992	58.35	187
Michael Clarke	Australia	13	972	40.50	151
Viv Richards	West Indies	15	954	45.42	192*
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	13	948	49.89	99
Hashim Amla	South Africa	10	941	62.73	253*

If Root manages to score at least 54 runs in the ongoing match, then he will also become the first cricketer in the world to score 6000 runs in the World Test Championship (WTC).

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