Senior England batter Joe Root scored his 37th Test hundred on Friday (July 11, 2025) to go past the tally of former India skipper Rahul Dravid and up to date Steve Smith, each of whom have made 36 centuries within the conventional format.
Root achieved the feat on the second day of the third Test against India at Lord’s, when he flayed Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary extensive of the third slip. However Bumrah had final chortle getting the previous England skipper bowled for 104 off 199 balls with 10 boundaries to his credit score.
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar leads the record of century makers in conventional format with 51 a whole lot, adopted by Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41) and Kumar Sangakkara (38).
Root additionally joined Australian batter Smith because the batter with most a whole lot against India in Test cricket — 11 centuries apiece.
West Indian legends Sir Gary Sobers, Viv Richards and former Australian captain Ponting path duo with eight a whole lot against their identify.
Root took 60 innings to attain that mark, whereas Smith wanted simply 46 innings.
The elegant right-hander additionally grew to become the third English batter to rating three successive a whole lot on the Lord’s together with Michael Vaughan (2004-05) and Sir Jack ‘Master’ Hobbs (1912-1926). Among worldwide batters, solely Dilip Vengsarkar has the excellence of a hattrick of a whole lot (1979, 1982, 1986) on the iconic venue.
Root additionally had made 143 and 103 in his two earlier innings at this iconic venue.
The hundred against India was additionally Root’s eighth at this hallowed turf, highest by any batter within the historical past.
Former England skippers Vaughan and Graham Gooch are in second place with six a whole lot every.
