Joe Root and England dominated the entire day on day 3. The hosts are in the driver’s seat now with a lead of 186. India needs a miracle to save this test and stay alive in the series. Joe Root passed the legacy of some legends and chasing “God” in the red ball format.
Joe Root’s day
Joe Root passed the legacy of many legends in test cricket yesterday. He surpassed the run tally of Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, and Ricky Ponting in the same innings and became the second-highest run getter in Test cricket. He is only behind Sachin Tendulkar now.
Most runs by a batter in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 15921
- Joe Root – 13410
- Ricky Ponting – 13378
- Jacques Kallis – 13289
- Rahul Dravid – 13288
Root needs to score 2512 more runs in this format to surpass Sachin Tendulkar and become the highest run-getter in this format. Joe Root is 34 years old now. If he maintains his fitness and form for around four more years, the chances of him breaking this record are very high.
Ruling in the home
Root completed his 23rd test century in England. He equaled the record of Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting for scoring most test centuries at home.
Batters with most test centuries at home:
- Joe Root – 23 in England
- Mahela Jayawardene – 23 in Sri Lanka
- Jacques Kallis – 23 in South Africa
- Kumar Sangakkara – 22 in Sri Lanka
- Sachin Tendulkar – 22 in India
Equals Kumar Sangakkara’s legacy
Root scored his 38th test hundred and equaled Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara in the tally of most test hundreds.
Batters with most hundreds in test format:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 51
- Jacques Kallis – 45
- Ricky Ponting – 41
- Joe Root – 38
- Kumar Sangakkara – 38
- Steven Smith – 36
- Rahul Dravid – 36
56 tons for Jor Root
Root scored his 56th international hundred. He has 18 centuries in ODIs. He climbed to the sixth position in most international hundreds by a batter.
Most hundreds in international cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 100
- Virat Kohli – 82
- Ricky Ponting – 71
- Kumar Sangakkara – 63
- Jacques Kallis – 62
- Joe Root – 56
- Hashim Amla – 55
- Mahela Jayawardene – 54
- Brian Lara – 53
- Rohit Sharma – 49
- David Warner – 49
- Rahul Dravid – 48
- Steven Smith – 48
- Kane Williamson – 48
Most fifty-plus scores for Joe Root in Test cricket
This was Root’s 104th fifty-plus score in test cricket. He surpassed Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis, who had 103 fifty-plus scores each. Again, he is just behind Sachin Tendulkar in this list. He is chasing Sachin in every record in test cricket.
Most fifty-plus scores in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 119
- Joe Root – 104
- Ricky Ponting – 103
- Jacques Kallis – 103
- Rahul Dravid – 99
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 96
- Alastair Cook – 90
- Kumar Sangakkara – 90
- Allan Border – 90
Joe Root’s 150
Root got out after completing his 150. This is his 16th 150-plus score in this format. He equaled the record of another Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardene in this list.
Most 150-plus scores in test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar – 20
- Brian Lara – 19
- Kumar Sangakkara – 19
- Sir Don Bradman – 18
- Joe Root – 16
- Mahela Jayawardene – 16
- Ricky Ponting – 15
- Virender Sehwag – 14
- Jacques Kallis – 14
- Steven Smith – 14
Joe Root loves to score against India
Root scored his 12th hundred in test cricket against India. He now has the most test hundreds against India in test cricket. He surprassed the record of Steven Smith who has 11 test hundreds against India.
Conquered Manchester
Root became the first batter to cross 1000 test runs at Manchester. Batters to score Most test runs at Manchester:
- Joe Root – 1128
- Denis Compton – 818
- Mike Atherton – 729
- Alec Stewart – 704
- Len Hutton – 701
- Alastair Cook – 685
- Ben Stokes – 656
Jasprit Bumrah’s 50
Jasprit Bumrah was not at his best in Manchester. He struggled to find his rhythm and ended up bowling a lot of deliveries on the pads. He finally managed to take the wicket of Jamie Smith. He completed 50 test wickets in England.
He became the second Indian bowler to take 50 test wickets in England after Ishant Sharma. Indian bowlers with more test wickets in England:
- Ishant Sharma – 51
- Jasprit Bumrah – 50
- Kapil Dev – 43
- Mohammed Shami – 42
- Anil Kumble – 36
Overall, he is the third Asian bowler to take 50 test wickets in England. Most test wickets by Asian bowlers in England:
- Wasim Akram – 53
- Ishant Sharma – 51
- Jasprit Bumrah – 50
- Mohammed Amir – 49
- Muttiah Muralidharan – 48
Bumrah also became the sixth bowler and first Asian bowler to take 50 test wickets as a visiting bowler in both England and Australia.
Visiting bowlers with 50-plus wickets in both England and Australia:
- Lance Gibbs ( West Indies )
- Richard Hadlee ( New Zealand )
- Micheal Holding ( West Indies )
- Curtly Ambrose ( West Indies )
- Courtney Walsh ( West Indies )
- Jasprit Bumrah ( India )
Ben Stokes’ remarkable performance
Along with Root, the English skipper Ben Stokes also owned this test match with his brilliant performance with both bat and ball. He took a fifer with the ball and is now batting at 77*. He became the third English captain and first in the last 89 years to score a fifty and pick a fifer in the same test match.
He is just 23 runs away from becoming the first and only English captain to take a fifer and score a century in the same test match.
English skippers to score a fifty and take a fifer in the same test match:
- Stanley Jackson vs Australia at Nottingham ( 1905 )
- Gobb Allen vs Australia at Brisbane ( 1936 )
- Ben Stokes vs India at Manchester ( 2025 )
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