Joe Root again becomes the captain of England (Photo: PTI)
England vs New Zealand, 2nd Test: The second Test of the series between England and New Zealand will be played at the Oval in London from June 17. In this Test match, all eyes will be on Joe Root, who will once again be in command of England's Test team after 4 years. Joe Root, who is returning to Test captaincy, will definitely face the challenge of making England win at the Oval. Apart from that, he will also have four big achievements in front of him which he would like to achieve. The four achievements which Joe Root can be seen achieving in the second Test against New Zealand are related to figures like 500, 1000, 2000, 14000. These are the milestones related to runs, which can be seen accomplished by the bat of Joe Root against New Zealand in the Oval Test.
First of all let's talk about the milestone of 500 runs. As Test captain of England, Joe Root will play his 7th Test against New Zealand. In the six Tests played before this, he has scored 478 runs at an average of 43.45 with 1 century. That is, as soon as he scores the 22nd run in the second Test of the series to be played at the Oval, Joe Root will complete his 500 runs as a captain in the Test against New Zealand.
The milestone of 1000 runs is related to the soil of England. Overall, in the 10 Tests played so far in England against New Zealand, Joe Root has scored 928 runs with 3 centuries and an average of 51.55. That is, the Oval Test, which is going to start from June 17, will be Joe Root's 11th Test against New Zealand on England's soil, in which he will be eyeing to complete 1000 runs, from which he is 72 runs away.
Joe Root also has a chance to complete 2000 runs in the Test against New Zealand. At present, he has scored 1934 runs in 22 tests at an average of 50.89 with 6 centuries. Now if he scores 66 more runs in the second test of the current series, he will complete his 2000 runs in the test against the Kiwi team.
Joe Root is very close to 14000 runs in his Test career. So far, he has scored 13952 runs in 164 tests with an average of 50.73 and 41 centuries. Meaning, Root is just 48 runs away from touching the figure of 14000 runs in his Test career and he can close this distance in the Oval Test against New Zealand.
Joe Root cannot become a problem for New Zealand just because he is on the threshold of 4 major achievements. In fact, behind this he also has a tremendous record of Test captaincy. Joe Root, who is going to take command of England's Test team again after 4 years, has so far captained in 64 Tests, in which he has won 27 and lost 26. There have been 11 test draws. His winning percentage as captain in Tests has been 42.18.
The form of many players starts showing as soon as they become captain. But this is not the case with Joe Root. As captain, his batting has also been excellent. As captain, he has scored 5295 runs in 118 innings of Test at an average of 46.45. During this period he has scored 14 centuries and 26 half-centuries.
Joe Root has not only been the most successful captain of England but has also been the most experienced captain. No captain of England has captained more Tests than him. Now, in his 65th Test as captain, the challenge for Joe Root will be to achieve achievements as well as win the series for England. England are currently ahead 1-0 in the 3-Test series. In such a situation, if she wins the Oval Test against New Zealand under the captaincy of Root, then she will win the series too.
