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Joe Root Test record against India

2012-12-13 – 2025-07-31 · Available official international scorecards

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The record at a glance

This study covers 35 Test matches against India with recorded batting or bowling figures: 64 batting innings and 38 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.

Batting runs and dismissals; bowling runs conceded and wickets
DisciplineInningsRunsWickets / outsAverageStrike rate
Batting643,3835759.3555.32
Bowling389942147.3382.33

Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.

Bowling economy: 3.44 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,729.

Batting milestones in this sample: 13 centuries and 12 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 6,115.

CAREER BY FORMAT

How the record developed

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Test · Runs by year
  1. 201293 runs
  2. 2014518 runs
  3. 2016491 runs
  4. 2018319 runs
  5. 2021932 runs
  6. 2022173 runs
  7. 2024320 runs
  8. 2025537 runs
Test · Wickets by year
  1. 20120 wickets
  2. 20141 wickets
  3. 20162 wickets
  4. 20180 wickets
  5. 20217 wickets
  6. 20221 wickets
  7. 20248 wickets
  8. 20252 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
Test archive totals by year
YearMatBat innsRunsHSAvgSR100s50s4s6sBFBowl innsWktsBowl avgEconBowl SR
20255953715067.1256.883154094482122.004.26171.50
202451032012235.5549.30113316499851.003.4588.50
202212173142173.0072.08102312402140.004.4454.00
202181593221866.5758.064110421,6059725.852.8754.00
20185931912535.4452.461134160820N/A2.88N/A
201651049112449.1054.49145119014228.503.5648.00
201457518154103.6058.66235618833133.002.2090.00
201212937393.0032.63015128510N/A5.00N/A

Home, away and neutral conditions

Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.

Opposition record by match setting
SettingMatchesBat innsRunsBat avgBat SRBowl innsWicketsBowl avg
Home20342,11172.7958.5718576.60
Away15301,27245.4250.65201638.18
SCORECARD MILESTONES

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

  1. First available scorecard

    Test v India · Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium

  2. First century in this archive · 154 runs

    Test v India · Trent Bridge

  3. Highest recorded innings · 218 runs

    Test v India · MA Chidambaram Stadium

  4. Best recorded bowling · 5/8

    Test v India · Narendra Modi Stadium

  5. Latest available scorecard

    Test v India · Kennington Oval

Recent recorded innings

Scorecards supporting this opposition study
DateVenueInningsRunsBallsWicketsConceded
2025-07-31Kennington Oval4105152--
2025-07-31Kennington Oval3--015
2025-07-31Kennington Oval22945--
2025-07-23Old Trafford3--068
2025-07-23Old Trafford2150248--
2025-07-23Old Trafford1--019
2025-07-10Lord's4--01
2025-07-10Lord's34096--
2025-07-10Lord's2--035
2025-07-10Lord's1104199--
2025-07-02Edgbaston4616--
2025-07-02Edgbaston3--165
2025-07-02Edgbaston22246--
2025-07-02Edgbaston1--120
2025-06-20Headingley45384--
2025-06-20Headingley3--021
2025-06-20Headingley22858--
2024-03-07Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium384128--
2024-03-07Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium2--08
2024-03-07Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium12656--

This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.