England won the toss and chose to bat in the third test. Pitch offered something to the bowlers, and we couldn’t see Bazball. Joe Root is on the way to chasing Sachin Tendulkar’s record. Joe Root is one run away from smashing his first ton of Test series as he is stranded on 99 runs in 191 balls and hit 9 fours so far.
Joe Root chasing Sachin Tendulkar
Joe Root remained not out on 99 at the end of day 1. He equaled the record of Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting for the most fifty-plus scores in test cricket ( 103 ). He is just behind Sachin Tendulkar, who has 119 fifty-plus scores in this format.
Most fifty-plus scores in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 119
- Joe Root – 103
- Ricky Ponting – 103
- Jacques Kallis – 103
- Rahul Dravid – 99
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 96
Joe Root also broke the record of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and scored second-most fifties in test cricket. Which will not be valid if he scores a single today.
Most half-centuries in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 68
- Joe Root – 67
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 66
- Allan Border – 63
- Rahul Dravid – 63
- Ricky Ponting – 62
Root currently has 36 centuries in test. He is just one run away from his 37th hundred and leading Rahul Dravid in the list of most hundreds in test cricket.
Most hundreds in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 51
- Jacques Kallis – 45
- Ricky Ponting – 41
- Kumar Sangakkara – 38
- Joe Root – 36
- Rahul Dravid – 36
- Mahela Jayawardene – 34
- Brian Lara – 34
- Sunil Gavaskar – 34
Root will turn 35 this year, and still has 3 to 4 years in his test career. He has a good chance for breaking all the records of Sachin Tendulkar in test format. It depends on the longetivity of his form and fitness. Only record which looks slightly difficult is 200 test matches by Sachin.
Joe Root also become only the 7th batter in test cricket to face more than 23000 deliveries.
Batters to play most deliveries in test cricket :
- Rahul Dravid – 31258 ( 286 innings )
- Sachin Tendulkar – 29437 ( 329 innings )
- Jacques Kallis – 28903 ( 280 innings )
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 27395 ( 280 innings )
- Allan Border – 27002 ( 265 innings )
- Alastair Cook – 26562 ( 291 innings )
- Joe Root – 23007 ( 284 innings )
Joe Root is only the second English batter to achieve this milestone after Alastair Cook.
7000 runs at home
Root touched 7000 runs at home in test cricket. He became the 5th batter to achieve this feat at home soil in test cricket.
Most runs at home in test cricket :
- Ricky Ponting – 7578 runs in Australia
- Sachin Tendulkar – 7216 runs in India
- Mahela Jayawardene – 7167 runs in Sri Lanka
- Jacques Kallis – 7035 runs in South Africa
- Joe Root – 7000 runs in England
Root becomes the first batter to do this at the English soil.
3000 for Joe Root
Root crossed 3000 runs against India in tests. He is the first batter to achieve this feat against India.
Most runs in tests between India and England :
- Joe Root – 3000
- Sachin Tendulkar – 2535
- Sunil Gavaskar – 2483
- Alastair Cook – 2431
- Virat Kohli – 1991
- Rahul Dravid – 1950
He is now holding the record of most runs against India in test cricket and 9th batter to score 3000 runs against a same opponenet.
Most runs against a team in test cricket :
- Don Bradman – 5028 vs England
- Jack Hobbs – 3636 vs Australia
- Sachin Tendulakr – 3630 vs Australia
- Allan Border – 3548 vs England
- Steven Smith – 3417 vs England
- David Gower – 3269 vs Australia
- Garry Sobers – 3214 vs England
- Steve Waugh – 3200 vs England
- Joe Root – 3000 vs India
Ravindra Jadeja goes past Zaheer Khan
Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Ollie Pope in the first day. This was his 611th wicket for India in International cricket. He went past former legend Zaheer Khan ( 610 wickets ) to become 5th leading wicket taker for India across formats. He also become the highest wicket taker as a left arm bowler for India.
Most wickets for India in International cricket :
- Anil Kumble – 956 wickets
- Ravichandran Ashwin – 765 wickets
- Harbhajan Singh – 711 wickets
- Kapil Dev – 687 wickets
- Ravindra Jadeja – 611 wickets
- Zaheer Khan – 610 wickets
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