Michael Vaughan, the former captain of England, stirred much controversy on social media recently when he posted about India’s great batsman, Virat Kohli. He likened Kohli’s figures to those of Joe Root, who struck a brilliant century at Lord’s under duress during the current second Test match against Sri Lanka. Now that he has achieved 33 Test centuries, Root is ranked joint ninth among players with the most centuries in the longest version of the game.
Michael Vaughan pointed out that Root currently leads the Indian star in Test cricket in terms of runs, hundreds, superior average, and more than twice as many half-centuries.
Many of Kohli’s supporters became agitated when he captioned the picture with “Morning India,” citing Root’s recent performance in the four-match Test series against India among other things.
With the current Lord’s Test excluded, Root has participated in 144 Test matches during his career, amassing 12,131 runs at an average of 50.33. In contrast, Kohli has averaged 49.15 while scoring 8848 runs in 113 Test matches. Additionally, he has amassed 29 Test hundreds, a total that he can raise in the ten games that are yet to play: two against Bangladesh, three against New Zealand, and five against Australia.
Morning India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ax5g75yLyS
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 30, 2024
With Atkinson’s century, England surpassed 400.
Gus Atkinson dazzled with the ball in the two-match Test series against the West Indies, and in the second Test against Sri Lanka, he demonstrated his batting prowess. The hosts were once reduced to 130/4, thus they were put under pressure early on with the bat. At that point, Root seized charge of the game and scored 143 runs to save England from certain defeat.
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Atkinson then produced a brilliant 118-run knock. He linked effectively with Olly Stone and Matthew Potts and batted aggressively. Atkinson played freely, finished his century in flair, and assisted England in scoring 427 runs in the first innings because he was not concerned about going out.
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