Ind vs Eng 3rd Test: Joe Root scored a century in Lord’s, Rahul Dravid’s record broke

The third Test match between India and England is being played in Leeds. At the same time, the veteran England batsman Joe Root finally finished this wait in his favorite venue. At the historic Lord’s Stadium, Joe Root scored a memorable century in the first innings of the third Test against Team India. This is the 37th century of the Test career of the route and with this he overtook the great Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and Australia’s star Steve Smith.

On the first day of the third Test match that started from July 10 at Lord’s, the route for batting returned unbeaten for 99 runs. In such a situation, everyone’s eyes were on whether they could complete their century on the second day or not. But Root crossed the obstacle of nervous ninties and achieved this position. Former England captain Root completed his century by hitting a four off the first ball of the day. With this, he reached number 5 in the batsmen who scored the most centuries.

Joe Root had to land at the crease in the first session for England to bat first in this match. After falling 2 wickets for just 44 runs, Root took over the innings with Oli Pope and brought the team to a better position. Then he got the support of captain Ben Stokes and both did not let any wicket fall until the end of the day’s play. However, he lost his wicket after the root century on the second day.

Joe Root’s name is the highest record

Root’s name has now been 37 centuries. He has thus left behind former Indian batsman Rahul Dravid and current star Steve Smith of Australia. Both have 36-36 centuries. In this way, the route has become the 5th batsman to score the most centuries after Sachin Tendulkar, Jack Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara.