Watch: Batter attempts to play Joe Root's reverse scoop, fail badly

Former England Test skipper Joe Root is one of the greatest batters in the modern era of the game. He has loads of runs across formats. In the last one and a half years, Root has scored around 2000 runs in Test cricket. Recently, he hit loads of runs against New Zealand and India in the ongoing English summer.

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Also, not to forget, with the entry of the 'Bazball' style of play in the team, they have won a few games in a grand fashion. The former England Test skipper played reverse scoop shots against New Zealand and India recently. This is the kind of shot he hasn't played this shot too often. Meanwhile, a fan tried to play the same shot in the nets.

However, the batter completely missed the ball and was hit on the stomach. Further, he lost his balance and fell on the stumps. The video has gone viral within 24 hours and has garnered 8.2 k likes. It has been watched by 453.4 k views.

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Meanwhile, the Yorkshire player hasn't been able to carry his Test form in the ongoing ODI series against the Men In Blue. In the two games, the right-hander has only mustered 11 runs. He will have the opportunity to get a big score in the last game to be played on July 17. On the other hand, the 2019 World Cup winner will play his next Test series against South Africa next month.

Talking about his Test numbers, he has played 121 games and already has 10458 runs averaging 50.76 including 28 hundreds. He is the second Englishman after Sir Alastair Cook to score more than 10000 runs in the longest format. Once again, the world might witness a player who can break the record of Sachin Tendulkar's aggregate of 15921 runs.

There was a time when Cook was the contender to break Tendulkar's record. However, in 2018, he announced his retirement with 12472 in 161 games. Now, Root is the new contender to break Sachin's record.