Joe Root is playing for England in the 1st Test vs. Sri Lanka at Old Trafford.

England ended Day 1 at 22-0, having dismissed Sri Lanka for 236.

Root can overtake Yashasvi Jaiswal to become WTC 2023-25’s leading run scorer on Day 2.

Root has scored 1023 runs in 14 matches, while Jaiswal has 1028 runs in 9 matches.

Current WTC top 5: 1) Jaiswal (1028), 2) Root (1023), 3) Crawley (984), 4) Khawaja (943), 5) Duckett (855).

Root needs at least 6 runs to surpass Jaiswal in the run-scoring charts.

Root and Jaiswal are the only batters with 1000+ runs in the WTC cycle.

– Root could break multiple records in the ongoing Test series vs. Sri Lanka. –

Root needs 446 more runs to become England’s leading Test run scorer.

Alastair Cook currently holds the record with 12,472 runs in 161 Tests.