During the encounter between England and Bangladesh in Dharamsala on Tuesday, England batter Joe Root became the country's all-time leading run scorer in One-Day International World Cup competition.

Root had been suffering for form prior to the World Cup, but he has extended his fine run in the tournament by scoring another fifty runs. This time, he did it in 68 balls, hitting eight fours and a six for a total of 82 runs. At this point, Root has played in 19 matches and has 18 innings, compiling 917 runs while averaging 57.31. In his career at the World Cup, he has recorded 121 as his best score and has scored three century and five fifties.

He passes Gooch, who had 897 runs in 21 games with an average of 44.85 runs per game. He had a perfect score of 115, in addition to a century and eight scores in the fifties. The World Cup in 2019 was the pinnacle of Joe Root's professional career. Not only did he lead England to their first World Cup victory, but he also led the tournament in run scoring with 556 runs in 11 matches at an average of over 61, including two hundreds and three fifties.