Joe Root hits 39th Test ton, sets record for most 500+ scores vs India
Root completed his century in 138 deliveries on the day as he also recorded an impressive feat against India in Test cricket.
Shashwat Nishant New Delhi Joe Root went on to complete his 39th Test hundred for England on Day 4 of the 5th Test against India as his brilliant knock guides the hosts very close to another Test match win which will confirm them as the winners of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy with a margin of 3-1.
Root completed his century in 138 deliveries on the day as he also recorded an impressive feat against India in Test cricket. Root is now the player with most 500+ scores against India in a Test series, recording the feat 3 times in his career.
| Most 500+ scores in a Test series vs India |
| Player | Times 500+ Runs vs IND in a Series |
| Joe Root (ENG) | 3 |
| Everton Weekes (WI) | 2 |
| Zaheer Abbas (PAK) | 2 |
| Younis Khan (PAK) | 2 |
| Garry Sobers (WI) | 2 |
| Ricky Ponting (AUS) | 2 |
Joe Root relishes playing vs India Joe Root has often liked to play against India in Tests and has come up with a hundred on most of the occassions over the years as well. He has 13 Test hundreds against India now, which is the joint 2nd number of hundreds a player has ever recorded against a single team in Test cricket.
This is also Root’s 16th hundred against India in International cricket, the joint-most alongside Steven Smith.
| Most Test hundreds vs a single team |
| Rank | Player | Opponent | Hundreds |
| 1 | Don Bradman (AUS) | vs England | 19 |
| 2 | Sunil Gavaskar (IND) | vs West Indies | 13 |
| 3 | Joe Root (ENG) | vs India | 13 |
| 4 | Jack Hobbs (ENG) | vs Australia | 12 |
| 5 | Steven Smith (AUS) | vs England | 12 |
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