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England Test batter Joe Root announced his decision to step down from captaincy with immediate effect after England's poor performance in WTC'21-23 cycle. England has been under tremendous pressure for their below par performance in this WTC cycle as they were trailing the Test series 1-2 vs India, lost the Ashes 0-4 to Australia and also lost the Test series to West Indies by 0-1 recently.

However, just before WTC'21 Final, England lost Test series on their home soil itself to New Zealand as well.

Joe Root the batsman carried his Test team as other batsman failed to step up for England in 2021 and his record as captain is something that can be cherished by the fans over the years to come. Joe Root the batsman was fantabulous among fab-4 players in Test cricket since 2020. Joe Root has been the second highest run-scorer for England in Tests only behind Alastair Cook and definitely he can proud of the records that he has achieved over the years for English side in the longest format.

Here, in this article we will have a look at some of the records that Root has achieved for England in Test Cricket as captain:

2017 - Joe Root was appointed as Test captain of England in 2017.

- He won Test series vs SA & WI in 2017 and against India in 2018 on their home soil.

- In 2018, he became the first English captain to win a Test Series on Sri Lanka soil and their team repeated the same feat in 2021 also. Joe Root's last series win as Captain came against Sri Lanka in 2021.

- In 2019, England managed to draw the Ashes Test series against Australia, later won a Test series on South African soil in 2020. Also post COVID period in July & Aug 2020, England won a Test series against WI and Pakistan on their home soil.

27 - Joe Root has won (27) most Test matches as captain of England.

Most matches won as captain of England in Tests:

Joe Root - 27
Michael Vaughan - 26
Alastair Cook / Andrew Strauss - 24

1175 - Joe Root has smashed 1175 runs in WTC'21-23 period which is most for any batsman in this cycle. Root overall has smashed 8 centuries in World Test Championship starting from 2019 which is most for any player.

1251 - Joe Root has smashed 1251 runs as captain against India in Test cricket.

Most runs in Test cricket as captain vs India:

Clive Lloyd - 1822
Joe Root - 1251
Alastair Cook - 1229
Bob Simpson - 1098
Steven Smith - 1054
Michael Clarke - 1047

Joe Root is ahead of Alastair Cook in this list also.

Most centuries as captain vs India in Tests:

Clive Lloyd - 7
Steven Smith - 6
Joe Root -5

1708 - Joe Root holds the record for smashing most runs (1708) as captain in a calendar year in Test cricket.

Most Test runs in a calendar year as captain:

Joe Root - 1708 in 2021
Graeme Smith - 1656 in 2008
Michael Clarke - 1595 in 2012

Most centuries in a calendar year as captain:

Ricky Ponting - 7 in 2006
Ricky Ponting - 6 in 2005
Graeme Smith - 6 in 2008
Steven Smith - 6 in 2017
Joe Root - 6 in 2021

5295 - Joe Root smashed 5295 runs in Test cricket as captain.

Most runs as captain in Test cricket:

Graeme Smith - 8659
Allan Border - 6623
Ricky Ponting - 6542
Virat Kohli - 5864
Joe Root - 5295

Most centuries as captain of England in Tests:

Joe Root - 14
Alastair Cook - 12
Graham Gooch - 11

Joe Root holds the record for smashing most runs as captain for England in Test cricket. Second highest is Alastair Cook who has smashed most runs (4844) for England in Tests.