Virat Kohli Vs Joe Root In Test: Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 143 runs in the second Test being played against Sri Lanka. This was the 33rd century of Root’s Test career. Root became the topic of discussion with this century. Some started calling him the best player in the Fab-4, while some said that he would break Sachin Tendulkar’s record by scoring the most runs in Test cricket. Meanwhile, former England captain Michael Vaughan teased Indian fans a lot by comparing Root and Virat Kohli.
Michael Vaughan, who is very active on social media, shared a post on Instagram. The post shows a piece of paper with Virat Kohli’s Test stats written on one side and Joe Root’s Test stats on the other. He captioned the post, “Morning India.”
Morning India 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Ax5g75yLyS
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) August 30, 2024
Fans lashed out
Fans did not like Vaughan’s post at all and they lashed out at the former English captain. One user wrote, “Joe Root will have to take two births to equal Virat Kohli’s 80 international centuries.” Another user wrote, “Difference of 3 centuries in 75 innings.” Another user wrote, “Kohli dominates all three formats and leagues.” See the reaction here…
Joe Root will have to take two births to match Virat Kohli’s 80th international century.
— Alok Singh (@Thakurbhaiyaa) August 30, 2024
76 innings 3 centuries difference 🥶
— Khushi¹⁸ (@khushi18x) August 30, 2024
Kohli dominates in all 3 formats and league
Root 1 format bully
— Andleeb Akhtar (@viratkohli_un) August 30, 2024
Century in australia :
KOHLI in Adelaide test – 2
Chokeberry – 0
— Saurav (@saurav_viratian) August 30, 2024
Show me one such innings or shot of joe root.
‘Shot of an emperor’ Remember Vanghney? pic.twitter.com/sBH80xuAq7— Pallavi🥂 (@PalluSays) August 30, 2024
Only 4 Test 100s more than VK despite played 1.5 times more ??
— RAI Sahab ( Recruitment )🇮🇳 (@Sarvesh280989) August 30, 2024
This is how Kohli and Root’s Test career has been so far
Virat Kohli: Former Indian captain Virat Kohli has played 113 matches in his Test career so far. Batting in 191 innings of these matches, he has scored 8848 runs at an average of 49.16. During this time, he has scored 29 centuries and 30 half-centuries, in which his highest score has been 254* runs.
Joe Root: Former England captain Joe Root has played 145 Tests in his career so far. In 264 innings of these matches, he has scored 12274 runs at an average of 50.72. During this time, he has scored 33 centuries and 64 half-centuries, in which his highest score has been 254 runs.
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