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LONDON: England’s premier batter Joe Root achieved another milestone on Friday by surpassing cricketing legends Rahul Dravid and Steve Smith with his 37th century during the third Test against India at Lord’s.
Root brought up the milestone on Day 2 of the ongoing Test, displaying his trademark fluency and calm under pressure.
With this hundred, he now sits fifth on the list of most Test centuries, going past Dravid and Smith, both of whom had 36, and edging closer to Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara, who has 38.
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At the time of filing this report, England were 297 for 7 in the first session of Day 2 in their first innings, with Jamie Smith (25) and Brydon Carse (9) on the crease.
On the first day, England’s top order made starts but failed to convert. Zak Crawley (18) and Ben Duckett (23) were removed early, while Ollie Pope added a fluent 44.
Harry Brook struggled to get going and departed for 11, while captain Ben Stokes also fell for 44 after a watchful knock.
The five-match series is currently locked at 1-1. England drew first blood with a win at Headingley, but India stormed back with a massive 336-run victory in the second Test at Edgbaston, powered by Shubman Gill’s double ton and a century in each innings.
England Playing XI: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Chris Woakes, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer, Shoaib Bashir
India Playing XI: Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Karun Nair, Shubman Gill (c), Rishabh Pant (wk), Nitish Kumar Reddy, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj
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