5 Batters with most Fiffies in Test Joe Root: The third match of the ongoing Test series between England and India is going on at Lord’s ground. In this match, the England team won the toss and decided to bat first, which has proved right for the team according to the first two sessions. Joe Root, who performed poorly in the last two innings, has once again regained his rhythm.
Joe Root: He has scored a fifty while batting brilliantly. This is the 67th fifty from Root’s bat in Test cricket. With this, he has become the second batsman in the world to score the most Test fifties. Root is just one step away from equaling Sachin, who has scored 68 half-centuries.
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Joe Root: In this article, we will know about the top-5 batsmen who have scored the most fifties in Test cricket.
5 Ricky Ponting
Joe Root: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting occupies the fifth position in this list. He has performed this feat 62 times in his 168-match Test career. During this time, Ponting scored 13,378 runs at an average of 58.72, which includes 41 centuries.
4 Allan Border
Joe Root: Allan Border is counted among those batsmen of the world who have a different status in Test cricket. He has scored more than 11 thousand runs in this format. During this time, Border has scored 27 centuries and 63 half-centuries. Indian batsman Rahul Dravid is also jointly at the fourth position with Border in terms of scoring the most Test fifties. He has also scored fifties 63 times.
3 Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Former West Indies top order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s Test career has been very brilliant. His way of playing used to be quite unique, which made him special. Chanderpaul has scored 66 fifties in his 164 Test match career. During this time, he has scored 11,867 runs.
2 Joe Root
As England’s former captain Joe Root’s Test career is progressing, he is breaking records one after the other. Root has managed to score fifties 67 times in 156* matches.
1 Sachin Tendulkar
Most 50s in Test
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66 – S Chanderpaul
63 – Rahul Dravid
63 – Allan Border
62 – Ricky Ponting
58 – Jacques Kallis
57 – Alastair Cook#ENGvIND pic.twitter.com/SSjKA0v0Xb
God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar is on top in terms of scoring the most fifties in Test cricket. Sachin, who has scored more than 15000 runs in Tests, has scored 68 fifties. At the same time, Sachin has also scored 51 centuries.
