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Joe Root created history even after being dismissed for 44 runs, became the first cricketer of England to make such a maharkord

Samira Vishwas | June 4, 2025 9:24 PM CST

The veteran England batsman Joe Root 21000 Runs scored 44 runs in the third and last ODI against West Indies on Tuesday (June 4) with the help of a fours in 49 balls in the third and last ODI match played at Kennington Oval, London.

The route may not complete the half -century but he completed his 21000 runs in international cricket. He has become England’s first cricketer to reach this figure. Root now scored 21025 runs in 478 innings of 365 matches, including all three formats.

Apart from this, Route is the highest in international cricket In the list of players who scored the run, Shivnarayan of West Indies has been beaten in the top 10 by beating Chandrapaul. In this list, he left behind Shivnarayan Chandrapaul, who scored 20988 runs in 553 innings of 454 matches in international cricket. In terms of runs, Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara, Virat Kohli, Ricky Ponting, Mahela Jayawardene, Jack Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara and Sanath Jayasuriya are ahead of him.

Let me tell you that Root was excellent in this series and scored 267 runs in 3 innings at an average of 133.50, in which he scored an unbeaten 166 runs. During this time, Root also completed 7000 runs in ODIs and became the first cricketer of his country to do so.

Significantly, in this match, England defeated West Indies by 7 wickets and won the series 3–0. After receiving the first batting invitation in the rain -interrupted match, the West Indies scored 251 runs in 40 overs at the loss of 9 wickets.

According to the Duckworth Lewis rule, England have achieved a target of 246 runs for victory. Due to which England achieved 3 wickets in 29.4 overs.