NEW DELHI: Former England captain Joe Root broke Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar‘s document of 34 Take a look at lots of on the third day of the primary Take a look at match towards Pakistan in Multan on Wednesday.
Root achieved the milestone within the second session of the day with a single off Abrar Ahmed. Root had smashed Alastair Cook dinner‘s document of 12,472 runs within the first session of the day.
Identified for his method towards quick bowling, significantly towards the fearsome West Indies tempo assault within the 1970s and 1980s, Gavaskar was the primary batsman to attain 10,000 Take a look at runs and 34 Take a look at centuries and was thought to be one of many best openers within the historical past of cricket.
Gavaskar’s document of 34 Take a look at centuries stood for almost twenty years till Sachin Tendulkar surpassed it.
Gavaskar’s 34th and closing Take a look at century – a rating of 176 – got here within the first Take a look at towards Sri Lanka at Kanpur in December 1986.
Root has been wonderful towards each spin and tempo, adaptable in all situations, and a prolific scorer in trendy cricket and has additionally been among the many “Fab 4” (alongside Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith), and England’s all-time main Take a look at run-scorer.
By scoring his 35th Take a look at hundred, Root additionally surpassed Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan, all of whom had scored 34 Take a look at lots of.
