England will be commencing their new series against Sri Lanka which will start on August 21, Ollie Pope will be leading the side in the absence of Ben Stokes. Ollie Pope will have to make sure that the burden of captaincy doesn’t affect his natural attacking gameplan as Sri Lankan Test side can’t be taken granted.
This series will be exceptional for Joe Root as he may surpass plenty of records. Joe Root has been the most consistent player for England seems like he resembles Sir Alastair Cook, after Cook’s retirement it’s Joe Root who has been the pillar of England’s test batting and has scored ample runs. It won’t be wrong to say that ever since 2020 Joe Root as a batter has evolved where he has scored tons of runs and that too with a good strike rate.
Joe Root marching toward history
So the Lankan Lions will take on the English Lions it’s going to be a roaring test ahead for cricket fans, English summer will get even hotter from August 21. Veteran Joe Root will be heading to break some mighty records since recently he surpassed Brian Lara’s test runs and now he is in 7th position in terms of highest test runs he may also surpass Ricky Ponting if he continues to score runs and smash centuries. Joe Root needs just 290 runs to surpass his successor Sir Alastair Cook. Also, he holds the most runs in the World Test Championship cycle this shows how consistent he is, and past 3 years his game has taken a sharp turn and has contributed well for England.
Joe Root debuted in 2012 against India in Nagpur and from then he never looked back. Now some buzz is going on whether Joe Root will be able to surpass legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s highest test runs, so if Joe Root plays for yet another 3-4 years then it’s possible to reach near to his score but it’s the whole and sole decision of Joe Root when to take retirement but everyone would be happy to see if that record breaks and create history. Just like James Anderson and Stuart Broad received a heartful farewell Joe Root too deserves the same farewell as he is the modern-day great of England Cricket.