Joe Root scored a centuryImage Credit Source: PTI
England batsman Joe Root, who failed to play big innings in Leeds and Birmingham, finally finished this wait in his favorite venue. At the historic Lord’s Stadium, Joe Root scored a memorable century in the first innings of the third Test match against Team India. The former England captain, who had already played many brilliant and big innings at Lord’s, won the heart of English fans by playing another amazing century against India on this ground. This is the 37th century of the Test career of the route and with this he overtook the great Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and Australia’s star Steve Smith.
Century with fours on the first ball
On the first day of the third Test match that started on July 10 at Lord’s, the route landed for batting returned unbeaten on 99 runs. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes were on whether they could complete their century on the second day or not. But the star English batsman crossed the obstacle of ‘nervous ninties’ and achieved this position. Former England captain Root completed his century by hitting a four off the first ball of the day. With this, he reached number 5 among the batsmen who scored the most centuries.
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In this match, for England, Joe Root had to land at the first session for England. After falling 2 wickets for just 44 runs, Root took over the innings with Oli Pope and brought the team to a better position. Then he got the support of captain Ben Stokes and both did not let any wicket fall till the end of the day’s play. But during this time the route remained unbeaten on 99, after which his century was waiting for the completion of the second day. Root also achieved this position without delay and achieved a new achievement in Test cricket.
Most century records
Root’s name has now been 37 centuries. He has thus left behind former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and current star of Australia Steve Smith. Both have 36-36 centuries. In this way, the routes have become the 5th batsman to score the most centuries after Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jack Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41) and Kumar Sangakkara (38). Not only this, at this time the most centuries among active cricketers are also his name. Not only this, this is his 8th Test century on Lord’s ground, while he crossed the 100 mark against India and equaled Steve Smith.
