The year 2021 was a great year for the captain of the England cricket team, Joe Root. The captain may not have been very successful, but as a batsman, he made many records in 2021. Joe Root scored runs at an average of 61.00 in all Test matches played in 2021. This calendar year.ein his best test score was 228 runs. Overall this year he scored 1708 runs.
The history of international Test cricket is a witness to the fact that England captain Joe Root scored two double centuries and 4 half-centuries and 6 brilliant centuries at the end of 2021. He scored the most runs, breaking the record of the most runs scored in a calendar year by Hitman Rohit Sharma, the vice-captain of the Indian Test team. Rohit Sharma is at the second position with 906 runs in terms of highest run scorer in the year 2021.
The third batsman in the world to do such a feat
Joe Root also became the third batsman in the world to score the most Test runs in all time in 2021 by scoring the most Test runs in a calendar year. Mohammad Yousuf of Pakistan cricket team tops this list. Mohammad Yusuf had scored 1788 runs in the year 2006. Former West Indies captain and great batsman Vivian Richards scored 1710 runs in 1976, almost 30 years ago today.
With this figure, he is in second place. England cricket team captain Sir Vivian Richards was left behind by only 3 runs to break the record. Former South African captain Graeme Smith scored 1656 runs in the year 2008. Michael Clarke is now in fifth place in this matter. Clarke had scored an unbeaten 329 runs against India in 2012 and scored 1595 runs in total that year.
Highest Test Run Scorer in a Calendar Year
- Mohammad Yousuf – 1788 runs, 99.33 average, 202 best scores, 9 centuries, 3 half centuries, 2006
- Vivian Richards – 1710 runs, 90.00 average, 291 best score, 7 century, 5 half century, year 1976
- Joe Root – 1708 Runs, 61.00 Average, 228 Best Score, 6 Centuries, 4 Half Centuries, Year 2021
- Graeme Smith – 1656 runs at 72.00 average, 232 best scores, 6 centuries, 6 half centuries, 2008
- Michael Clarke – 1595 runs, 106.33 average, 329 not out best score, 5th century, 3rd half century, 2012
Record made as Test team captain
It is also worth noting that this year (2021), with 1708 runs, the captain of the England Test team, Joe Root, also made the record for scoring the most runs as a captain in a calendar year. He broke the record of 1656 runs of former South African team batsman Graeme Smith (Graeme Smith South Africa) and sat on the top.
In this list, Michael Clarke is at number three and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting is at number four. Remind you that Graeme Smith scored 1595 runs in the year 2012 and Ricky Ponting scored 1544 runs in the year 2005. Former Australian batsman Bob Simpson is at the fifth position. Simpson had scored 1381 runs in the year 1964 as the captain of Australia Test team.
Highest run-scorer as Test captain in a calendar year
- Joe Root Captain England – 1708 runs
- Graeme Smith Captain Australia – 1656 runs
- Michael Clarke Captain Australia – 1595 runs
- Ricky Ponting Captain Australia – 1544 runs
- Bob Simpson Captain Australia – 1381 runs
No other batsman in the world could touch 1000 runs in 2021
In the calendar year of 2021, apart from England captain Joe Root, no other Test team batsman in the world could touch the 1000-run mark. Team India’s opener Hitman Rohit Sharma scored 906 runs this year and was second only to Joe Root. Whereas, Sri Lankan cricket team captain Dimuth Karunaratne’s bat scored 902 runs this year.
And with this score he remained at number three. Indian team’s wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant scored 714 runs and settled at the fourth position. Abid Ali, the opener of the Pakistan cricket team, scored 695 runs in the year 2021 and was ranked fifth.
5 batsmen with highest run scorers in test cricket in 2021
- Joe Root (Joe y) – 1708 runs
- Rohit Sharma – 906 runs
- Dimuth Karunaratne – 902 runs
- Rishabh Pant – 714 runs
- Abid Ali – 695 runs
– Vinay Kumar