Joe Root made a record as soon as he came down to bat. He scored a double century in the first Test of the series against Pakistan in Multan. This English batsman has set several records on the way to playing this great innings.

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Root scored a double century on the fourth day of the first Test against Pakistan. However, before that he got life once. Babar Azam left the route caught for 186 off Nasim Shah. He used that opportunity. Touched a double century in 305 balls. He scored 262 runs before finally being dismissed by Agha Salman.

Root scored his sixth double century in Tests. He has surpassed Rahul Dravid, Alastair Cook and Graeme Smith. They each have five double centuries. And sitting next to Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Ricky Ponting, Marwan Atapattu, Kane Williamson, Javed Miandad and Younis Khan. They each have 6 double centuries in Tests.

Virat Kohli has the most runs among the current cricketers. He has 27,041 runs across three formats. Root became the first England batsman and only the second current batsman to reach 20,000 runs in international cricket.

Root is second in the list of most double centuries for England. He has 6 double centuries. Walter Hammond at the top. His number of double centuries is seven.

Root became the second England batsman after Ted Dexter in 1962 to score a double century on Pakistan soil. This is his second double century against Pakistan. He is the only England batsman to hold this feat.

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Root has made it to the list of most double centuries on foreign soil. He scored four double centuries on foreign soil. Graeme Smith also has four double centuries overseas. Don Bradman, Walter Hammond, Brian Lara, Kumar Sangakkara and Younis Khan have scored five double centuries overseas.