IND vs ENG: Root is first batter in Test history to hit 10 tons vs India

England’s Joe Root went past legendary batters like West Indies’ Gary Sobers and Vivian Richards and Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Steve Smith to become the first player in cricket history to hit 10 Test hundreds against India.

The feat was achieved at the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) Stadium in Ranchi on Friday, February 23rd when Root hit his first hundred of the five-match series against India during the first innings of the fourth Test.

Root in Elite List

With the century in Ranchi, his third in India in 27 innings, Root joined the list of great players such as Don Bradman, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Jack Hobbs and Kumar Sangakkara, Steve Waugh and Sobers as players with 10 or more centuries against one country in Tests.

Player	Versus	Span	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	100	50
DG Bradman (AUS)	England	1928-1948	37	63	5028	89.78	58.06	19	12
SM Gavaskar (IND)	West Indies	1971-1983	27	48	2749	65.45	54.27	13	7
SPD Smith (AUS)	England	2010-2023	37	66	3417	56.01	54.75	12	13
JB Hobbs (ENG)	Australia	1908-1930	41	71	3636	54.26	46.22	12	15
SR Tendulkar (IND)	Australia	1991-2013	39	74	3630	55	59.41	11	16
KC Sangakkara (SL)	Pakistan	2002-2015	23	45	2911	74.64	54.6	10	12
JE Root (ENG)	India	2012-2024	29*	52	2725	59.23	55.01	10	10

Root’s three hundreds keep him only behind Alastair Cook among English batters with the most Test centuries in India. He has joined Andrew Strauss and Ken Barrington as English batters with three tons in India.

Most runs by an Englishman

Joe Root also reached the milestone of 19,000 international across formats with an unbeaten century. Root, who has 11.615 runs in Tests, 6,522 in ODIs and 893 in T20Is, has amassed a total of 19,030 runs across all three formats in 443 innings.

This makes him the second-highest run-scorer among active cricketers, behind India’s Virat Kohli. Among the English batters with the most runs, he is miles ahead of anyone else with the second highest being Alastair Cook, who has aggregated 15,737 runs in 387 innings. 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	SR	100	50
V Kohli (IND)	2008-2024	522	580	86	26733	54.11	79.46	80	139
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2024	341	443	48	19030	47.86	66.36	46	104
DA Warner (AUS)	2009-2024	376	467	25	18817	42.57	86.25	49	96
RG Sharma (IND)	2007-2024	470	495	64	18660	43.29	86.86	47	100
KS Williamson (NZ)	2010-2024	352	416	46	18023	48.71	66.09	45	96