Joe Root scored his 35th century in test cricket.
The game on the third day of the first match of the three-match Test series being played between Pakistan and England at the Multan ground has so far been entirely in the name of the visiting team England. The biggest role in this has been played by Joe Root, the most experienced batsman of the team and the highest run scorer in Test cricket for England, in which he scored an excellent century with his bat in the second session of the day. This is Joe Root’s 35th century in Test cricket and on the basis of his century, he has left behind four big giants in the matter of playing most centuries in Test cricket.
Joe Root left behind these 2 greats including Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara
Joe Root has now reached the sixth place in terms of scoring most centuries in Test cricket, in which he is just one century short of equaling Indian legend Rahul Dravid. With his 35th century in Test cricket, Joe Root has left behind 4 legends, which include Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene and Younis Khan. All of them had scored a total of 34-34 centuries in Test cricket. This is Joe Root’s 5th century in the year 2024 in which till now he has managed to score more than 1000 runs in Test cricket this year.
Players who scored most centuries in test cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar (India) – 51 centuries
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – 45 centuries
- Ricky Ponting (Australia) – 41 centuries
- Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 38 centuries
- Rahul Dravid (India) – 36 centuries
- Joe Root (England) – 35 centuries
England strengthened its hold
If we talk about the first Test match between Pakistan and England being played in Multan, in this match the host Pakistan team, batting first, scored a total of 556 runs in its first innings. In response to this, aggressive batting performance has been seen from England so far, in which till the time of writing the news, they had scored 323 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 64 overs, in which Joe Root was unbeaten on 102 runs while Harry Brook was also batting after scoring 53 runs.
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