London. England Cricket Team veteran cricketer Joe Root has created history. He has become the first player in the world as a fielder in Test Cricket. Before that, this big achievement was recorded in the name of former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid. Who caught 210 catches as a fieldinger in Test cricket. At the same time, the number of catching catch as fielding in the route has now increased to 211.
After these two veterans, the name of former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene comes in third place. The 48 -year -old former cricketer has caught 205 catches in Test cricket. He is followed by former South African all -rounder Jacques Kallis in fourth place. Kallis has a feat to catch 200 catches in Test cricket.
The current Australian star player Steve Smith also comes in the top five. Those who have played 118 Test matches for the Kangaroo team till the time of writing the news have caught 200 catches in 210 innings. Smith, 36, has a chance to beat the route in the future.
The top five players of the world who caught the highest catches in Test cricket as a fielding officer
211 – Joe Root – England
210 – Rahul Dravid – India
205 – Mahela Jayawardene – Sri Lanka
200 – Jacques Kallis – South Africa
200 – Steve Smith – Australia
Root achieved the achievement by catching a catch of Karun Nair
Joe Root achieved this big achievement on the second day of the Lord’s Test while catching the catch of Karun Nair, the batsman of the Indian team. Captain Ben Stokes brought the 21st over of the innings for the English team. Where Nair failed to defense the second ball of his over.
The result was that the ball took the outer edge of his bat and went towards the route posted in the first slip. Where the English veteran jumped and surprised everyone by holding the ball with one hand.