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At present, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson are included in the Fab Four in Test cricket. If we talk about the highest number of centuries in international cricket, then Root has reached the 9th position in this list. Root may be ahead of Virat Kohli in terms of centuries in Test cricket, but in one case he is far behind Virat Kohli.
Recently, Joe Root has scored the most centuries for England in Tests. Root has scored 34 centuries while Kane Williamson has 32, Smith has 32 and Virat Kohli has 29 Test centuries. At present, Virat Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson are included in the Fab Four in Test cricket. If we talk about the most centuries in international cricket, then Root has reached the 9th position in this list. Root may be ahead of Virat Kohli in terms of centuries in Test cricket, but in one case he is far behind Virat Kohli.
In fact, Virat Kohli holds the world record of scoring 50 centuries in the least number of innings in international cricket. Virat achieved this feat in 348 innings. Along with Virat, South Africa’s Hashim Amla also touched the mark of 50 international centuries in the same number of innings. Sachin Tendulkar touched this mark in 376 innings and Ricky Ponting in 418 innings.
Talking about Joe Root, it took him a total of 455 innings to reach here. Apart from these five, the names of Kumar Sangakkara, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis and Mahela Jayawardene are recorded in the list of batsmen who have scored 50 or more international centuries.
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