Joe Root's Made a Record Century Left Behind to Steve Smith

Joe root centuries in test cricket: Root has been in poor form in this series. He has scored 77 runs in three matches so far. He has now surpassed his bad phase and scored the 31st century of his test career.

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  • At one stage, England had lost 5 wickets for 112 runs.
  • Joe Root has scored a century for England in Tests after 14 innings.
  • With this century, Root also became the batsman to score the most centuries in test against Team India.

Joe Root's Made a Record Century Left Behind to Steve Smith: Root 106*

In the third Test (4th Test) in Ranchi on Sunday, India made a very good start against England. At one stage, England had lost 5 wickets for 112 runs. Root and captain Ben Stokes (47) put on 113 runs for the sixth wicket to put their team back on track.

Root proved with his batting that he has the necessary and brilliant technique to anchor Indian pitches. And he gave proof against Ashwin, who has achieved the record of Indian great bowler. Yes, when it comes to scoring the highest average against Ashwin on Indian pitches, now Root has become above the super.

Root's century in Tests after 14 innings

Joe Root has scored a century for England in Tests after 14 innings. His last century came against Australia in Birmingham in June 2023. He scored 118 runs in the first innings. His last century against India came in July 2022. Root then scored an unbeaten 142 in the second innings of the Birmingham Test. Apart from this, talking about his last century on Indian soil, in February 2021, he scored 218 runs in the first innings of the Test at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

Joe Root Centuries in All Formats by 24-Feb-2024

Joe Root Centuries

 

M

Runs

HS

Avg

100

200

Test

139

11599

254

49.78

31

5

ODI

171

6522

133

47.61

16

0

T20I

32

893

90

35.72

0

0

IPL

3

10

10

10

0

0

 

Root Broken Steve Smith Record

Joe Root scored his 10th Test century against India. With this century, Root also became the batsman to score the most centuries in the longest format of cricket against Team India. Root has surpassed Steve Smith in this regard. Smith has scored a total of 9 centuries against India. At the same time, Gary Sobers is at number three with 8 centuries in this list.

England in a strong position



By the end of the first day's play, England had scored 302 runs losing 7 wickets. England got off to a poor start, losing their first five wickets for just 57 runs. Joe Root then took the lead and put on a century partnership with Ben Foakes to put England in a strong position


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