Playing his 100th Test match, the England captain brought up his 20th century in the first Test against India at Chennai. Joe Root added 200 runs for the third wicket with opener Dom Sibley to help England finish with 263-3 at stumps on Day One.
Joe Root joins an illustrious list
Just playing his third Test of the year, Joe Root has already amassed 554 runs in 2021. He now has three centuries, including a double hundred from the five innings he has batted.
In the process, he became the ninth cricketer to score a century in his 100th Test, the other eighth being Colin Cowdrey (England), Alec Stewart (England), Javed Miandad (Pakistan), Gordon Greenidge (West Indies), Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan), Ricky Ponting (Australia), Graeme Smith (South Africa) and Hashim Amla (South Africa).
Joe Root revealed that ahead of the long subcontinent tour, he worked upon some technical areas of his game that benefitted him well.
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