Joe Root hit a historic century, equaled this big record, Rohit Sharma also left behind

The second match of the three-match Test series between England and Sri Lanka is being played at Lord's Stadium in London. In this match, Sri Lankan captain Dhananjay de Silva won the toss and decided to bowl first. But Joe Root once again overpowered the Sri Lankan bowlers. Joe Root managed to score a century in the first innings of this match. This century is one of the most special centuries of his career. He has made many big records in his name during this inning.

England had a very bad start in this match. The first three wickets fell at 82 runs. Half the team returned to the pavilion at 192 runs. But Joe Root handled the innings from one end continued his excellent form and completed another century in the Test format. This is the 33rd century of his Test career. With this, he has also equaled the record of scoring the most centuries for England in the Test format. Before Root, Alastair Cook had also scored 33 centuries for England in Tests.

Joe Root has now come second in terms of scoring the most international centuries among active players. He now has a total of 49 centuries in international cricket. He has left Rohit Sharma behind. Rohit Sharma has 48 centuries in international cricket. At the same time, Virat Kohli is at the top of this list. He has scored 80 centuries in international cricket so far. This means that no player is close to Virat in terms of active players scoring the most centuries in international cricket.

Joe Root has also become the batsman who has scored the most Test runs in England. Earlier this record was in the name of Alastair Cook. Alastair Cook had scored 6568 Test runs in England. At the same time, Joe Root has crossed this figure. He has reached the top-5 in terms of scoring 50+ runs the most number of times in Tests. He has also left Shivnarine Chanderpaul behind. Joe Root has scored 50+ runs for the 97th time in Tests. At the same time, Shivnarine Chanderpaul had scored 50+ 96 times.