NEW DELHI: Former England captain Joe Root broke Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar‘s file of 34 Check tons of on the third day of the primary Check 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 Prepare dinner‘s file of 12,472 runs within the first session of the day.
Recognized for his method towards quick bowling, notably towards the fearsome West Indies tempo assault within the Seventies and Eighties, Gavaskar was the primary batsman to attain 10,000 Check runs and 34 Check centuries and was considered one of many best openers within the historical past of cricket.
Gavaskar’s file of 34 Check centuries stood for almost twenty years till Sachin Tendulkar surpassed it.
Gavaskar’s thirty fourth and last Check century – a rating of 176 – got here within the first Check towards Sri Lanka at Kanpur in December 1986.
Root has been glorious towards each spin and tempo, adaptable in all circumstances, and a prolific scorer in fashionable cricket and has additionally been among the many “Fab 4” (alongside Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, and Steve Smith), and England’s all-time main Check run-scorer.
By scoring his thirty fifth Check hundred, Root additionally surpassed Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan, all of whom had scored 34 Check tons of.
