New Delhi. Joe Root, who is in supreme form, has left Sunil Gavaskar behind by scoring a record-breaking century against Pakistan. This is Joe Root's 35th century in his Test career. With this, Joe Root has overtaken Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene and Younis Khan in terms of scoring the most centuries. Gavaskar, Lara, Jayawardene and Younis have 34 Test centuries in their names.
33-year-old Joe Root played a century in the Multan Test match against Pakistan on Wednesday. Pakistan has scored 556 runs in its first innings in this match. England gave a strong reply to Pakistan and scored more than 300 runs for 3 wickets. Joe Root was at the forefront in giving a befitting reply to Pakistan.
fourth century of the match
Joe Root completed his century after the lunch break on the third day of the Multan Test. This is the fourth century of this match. Pakistan captain Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafiq and Salman Agha have also played century innings in this match. Salman Agha has scored a century at number eight.
51 centuries in the name of Sachin
Joe Root has scored his 35th century in his 147th Test. He has now come at sixth position in terms of scoring most centuries in Test matches. Only Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and Rahul Dravid have been able to score more centuries than Root. Sachin holds the world record for scoring the most number of test centuries, 51.
Dravid can be left behind soon
Now Joe Root's target is Rahul Dravid's record of centuries. Dravid, who is called the wall of Team India, has scored 36 centuries in his Test career. Joe Root is now just one century behind Dravid. This England batsman will be able to equal Dravid as soon as he scores a century. He needs two centuries to leave Dravid behind.
2 big records of Gavaskar
Apart from his excellent batting, Sunil Gavaskar is always remembered for two records. First, Gavaskar is the first cricketer in the world to touch the figure of 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Second- Gavaskar is the first batsman in the world to score 34 Test centuries. Sunil Gavaskar has scored 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches in his career spanning 16 years.
At number one in Fab-Four
Joe Root has also gone far ahead in the elite group called the Modern Fab Four. Kane Williamson and Steve Smith are jointly second in this group with 32 centuries each. Virat Kohli, the fourth member of the Fab Four, currently has 29 Test centuries.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 9, 2024, 14:50 IST
