5 Records Joe Root made during oval Test Century: Former England captain Joe Root showed on the fourth day of the Oval Test why he is a very-very special player for England. In this Test, the England team is chasing a mountain-like target to win.
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England has got a target of 374 runs and the guests had scored 339/6 by the end of the fourth day’s play. Root made an important contribution to this total, who played an important innings of 105 runs in the second innings.
This was Root’s third century in the current series and he destroyed many great records during this innings. In this article, we will talk about those 5 great records, which Joe Root made in his name during his century.
5 Became the fourth batsman to score the most centuries in Tests
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This was the 39th century from Joe Root’s bat in the Test format. Now this right-handed batsman has come at number four in terms of scoring centuries in Tests. Root has surpassed Kumar Sangakkara. He has 38 centuries to his name.
4 First batsman to score most centuries on home soil
34-year-old Joe Root has now become the first batsman in the world to score most Tests on home soil. This was Root’s 24th century in England. Earlier this record was jointly registered in the name of Mahela Jayawardene, Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis. These three batsmen have scored 23-23 centuries in their respective homes.
3 Completed 6 thousand runs in WTC
With the help of this century, Root also crossed the mark of 6000 runs in the championship. Root is the first player to score 6 thousand runs in WTC. No other batsman is even close to Root’s achievement.
2 Became the joint second batsman to score the most centuries against an opposing team
This was Root’s 13th century against India. In this way, Root has become the joint second player to score the most centuries against an opposing team. He has equaled Sunil Gavaskar, who has scored 13 centuries against West Indies. Don Bradman is at the top of this list, he has scored 19 centuries against England.
1 Became the first batsman in the world to score 500 plus runs in a Test series against India 3 times
With the help of this century, Root also crossed the 500 run mark in the current Test series. This is the third time he has scored 500 plus runs in a Test series against India. No player before him has been able to do this feat against India.
