Former England captain and star batsman Joe Root scored a century in the second Test being played against Sri Lanka at the historic Lord’s ground. 33-year-old Joe scored a century. This is Root’s 16th century in the last four years. With this, Joe Root has now become the batsman with the most centuries in the Fab-4.
Joe Root scored 143 runs in 206 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka. During this, 18 fours came off Root’s bat. Root became a rock at one end after two wickets fell within 50 and three within 100. In this way, despite a bad start, England scored 358 runs for seven wickets on the first day of the second Test.
Till 2021, Joe Root was at number four in Fab-4 in terms of centuries. Then in 2021, 6 centuries came off Root’s bat. After this, in the next year i.e. 2022, Root scored five centuries. However, 2023 was not that good for Joe Root. By the way, England did not play many Test matches in 2023. Root scored two centuries in 2023. At the same time, this year so far 3 centuries have come off his bat.
Talking about Fab-4, Joe Root is at number one with 33 centuries. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson has 32 centuries to his name. Australia’s Steve Smith has also scored 32 centuries. India’s Virat Kohli has only 29 centuries to his name.
Currently, Root’s eyes are on two world records of Sachin Tendulkar. First is the record of scoring the most runs in Test cricket, and second is the record of scoring the most centuries in Test cricket. Sachin has 15921 runs and 51 centuries to his name. Root currently has 12274 runs and 33 centuries. Root is currently at the seventh position in terms of scoring the most runs in Test cricket. However, he will be included in the top 5 as soon as he scores 199 more runs.
