“Not surprised at all”: Joe Root on Harry Brook’s triple century against Pakistan

Root, who played a terrific knock of 262 in Multan believes that Brook has got a complete game and added that his teammate will go on to score many monster scores in the future as well

England star batter Joe Root believes that Harry Brook will score many more “monster scores” after his sensational triple century against Pakistan in Multan on Thursday.

Though Root also played a magnificent knock of 262, the spotlight was taken by Brook who would go on to play a record-breaking 317-run knock.

Root’s career-best knock on the fourth day was soon forgotten after Brook celebrated his triple hundred. Root feels that this wasn’t the last time Brook smashed a remarkable score in his career.

“He’s got such a complete game. He can score all around the wicket, he plays seam well, spin well and high pace well. That’s a pretty good recipe for scoring runs. I’m not surprised at all, in him going on and doing something special like that, but I don’t think it’ll be the last time we see him with a monster score by his name,” Root said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

Root, who surpassed Alastair Cook to become the leading run-scorer for England in Test cricket during the third day of the Multan Test, believes that Brook has the pedigree to soon catch up to him.

“I hope so. You want to create an environment and a team where things are always improving and always getting better. You want the guys that come in to play with that belief that they can go and do really special things… If guys in the future are breaking records, then England are in a good place, and they’re scoring a lot of runs, so hopefully that is the case,” Root said.

Brook was only 18 years old when he first played with Root for Yorkshire. The latter expressed his love to play with Brook and praised him for fitting in so seamlessly in Test cricket.

“I love playing with Brooky. I’ve batted a lot together with him at Yorkshire, and seeing him come into this team and fit so seamlessly into Test cricket has been awesome. To get the opportunity to stand there at the other end and watch him go and smack 300 is pretty surreal, really, and to be able to get a big chunk of this score and that partnership myself is pretty cool too,” Root concluded.

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