Joe Root notched up his thirty ninth Take a look at hundred, off 137 balls, throughout the fourth day of the fifth and ultimate Take a look at between England and India on the Oval on Sunday to turn out to be the fourth-highest century-maker within the historical past of the format.
Root surpassed Kumar Sangakkara’s tally of 38 tons, and is now solely behind Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45) and Ricky Ponting (41) so far as Take a look at a whole lot are involved.
Throughout his knock on Sunday, Root additionally turned the primary batter to register 6,000 runs in World Take a look at Championship (WTC) historical past.
The previous England skipper, who has over 13,500 runs below his belt, is at the moment the second-highest run scorer in Take a look at historical past and has set his sights on Sachin Tendulkar’s report tally of 15,921 runs.
Most centuries in Take a look at matches
- Sachin Tendulkar – 51 centuries in 329 innings
- Jacques Kallis – 45 centuries in 280 innings
- Ricky Ponting – 41 centuries in 287 innings
- Joe Root – 39 centuries in 288 innings
- Kumar Sangakkara – 38 centuries in 233 innings