At the Multan Cricket Stadium, he reached the milestone with his 27th run in the ongoing first Test series against Pakistan.
Since the first WTC, Root has been an absolute run-machine.
First hitter to get this accomplishment
With his 27th run, Root turned into the main hitter to finish 5,000 runs in the WTC.
Playing his 59th match, Root brags a typical 52 or more.
He has hammered 20 half-hundreds of years as well as crushing 16 tons.
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (3,904) is the main other player with more than 3,500 runs in the opposition.
Root likewise claims the most tons in WTC history.
Root’s numbers from various cycles
With 1,660 runs at 47.42, Root was the second-most noteworthy run-getter in the debut WTC version (2019-21).
He enlisted three tons other than eight fifties. Root amassed 1,915 runs in 22 Tests in the 2021-23 cycle.
No other hitter could pound even 1,700 runs. Root’s count of eight centuries was likewise the most noteworthy for any player in that period (50s: 6).
His details in the continuous cycle
Root is driving the run-scoring diagram in the continuous 2023-25 cycle. He has gone beyond 1,400 stumbles into 17 games at a normal of 56 or more. The count presently incorporates five tons and six fifties.
Root set to dislodge Cook
Playing his 147th Test, Root has hustled beyond 12,400 runs at a normal of 50 or more.
Notwithstanding 34 Test tons, he claims 64 fifties.
According to ESPNcricinfo, in 16 matches versus Pakistan, Root has amassed north of 1,150 runs at 49 or more.
The count incorporates seven fifties and a ton. Root can before long uproot Alastair Cook (12,472) as Britain’s most noteworthy run-getter in Tests.
How has the match continued?
Pakistan pounded 556/10 batting first, because of hundreds of years from Abdullah Shafique (102), Shan Masood (151), and Agha Salman (104*).
Veteran left-arm spinner Jack Filter (3/160) was the pick of the Britain bowlers.
Britain were looking poor so far in answer as improvised opener Ollie Pope left for a duck.
By the by, Root (32*) and Zak Crawley (64*) assisted Britain with completing Day 2 at 96/1.