Talisman England batsman Joe Root entered his name into the pantheon of all-time great Test batsmen as he became the 14th batter – and only second Englishman after Sir Alastair Cook – to cross the 10,000-run landmark when, in the first Test at Lord’s versus New Zealand, he helped his side take a 1-0 series lead.
In the first game after stepping down as England’s Test captain, Root notched up his 26th Test century, and his first in the fourth innings of a Test match- an innings of 115* taking England over the line in the chase of 277.
In 118 Tests now, Root has amassed 10,015 runs at an average of 49.57. At 31 years and 157 days old, Root became the join-youngest batsman to reach the 10000 milestone – astonishing Cook was also exactly of the same age when he brought up his 10,000th run.
While Cook retired about three years after achieving this, many have now started to wonder, if Root continues to play Test cricket for 5-6 more years, he could even surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 15921 Test runs!
With the keen interest generated in Joe Root recently, we bring you the some financial news about arguably the greatest England batsman:
Joe Root received both red-ball and white-ball contracts, whose total salary is estimated to be £925,000 (9.02 crore) annually from the ECB – one of the highest-paid cricketers in the world by his board, even more than the 7 crore that Virat Kohli gets from BCCI – as he’s a key part of the ODI and Test side and was until recently the Test skipper.
According to thenetworthportal.com, Joe Root’s net worth is estimated to be around $4 million (i.e. approximately ₹31 crore).
This net worth is much less than his counterparts from Indian and Australian countries because Joe Root has never played in the IPL – he had gone unsold in IPL 2018 auction and since then has opted out of the IPL. Root also doesn’t bag the kind of astronomical brand endorsement deals the kind of Virat Kohli and Steve Smith do.
