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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.
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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.
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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 |