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New Delhi: Joe Root, who was in excellent form, scored a record-breaking century against Pakistan and left behind legends like Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara. This is the 35th century of Joe Root's Test career. Joe Root has left behind Gavaskar, Lara, Mahela Jayawardene and Younis Khan in terms of scoring the most centuries. Gavaskar, Lara, Jayawardene and Younis Khan have 34 Test centuries to their names.
Joe Root scored a century against Pakistan in the Multan Test match on Wednesday. Pakistan has scored 556 runs in the first innings of this match. England also scored more than 300 runs for 3 wickets in reply. Joe Root was at the forefront in replying to Pakistan.
fourth century of the match
Joe Root completed his century after the lunch break on the third day of the Multan Test. This is the fourth century in the match. Pakistan's three batsmen Shan Masood, Abdullah Shafiq and Salman Agha also scored centuries in the first innings.
51 centuries in the name of Sachin
Joe Root has scored his 35th century in his 147th test match. Now Root has reached sixth position in terms of scoring most centuries in a Test match. Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, Kumar Sangakkara and Rahul Dravid have scored more centuries than Joe Root. Sachin has the record of scoring maximum 51 Test centuries.
Can leave Dravid behind
Rahul Dravid now has a century record on Agar Root's mark. Dravid has scored 36 test centuries for Team India. Now Root is just one century behind Dravid. By scoring a century he will equal Rahul Dravid.