England captain Joe Root is already in form ahead of the four-Test series against India starting on 5 February, in which he played a brilliant innings of 186 runs on the third day of the second Test against Sri Lanka. With this, England scored 339 runs in their first innings, losing 9 wickets.
Let us tell you that the England team is still trailing by 42 runs from Sri Lanka, along with young left arm spinner Lasith Ambuldenia for Sri Lanka took seven wickets for 132 runs.
Joe Root created the world record
Joe Root has bagged a wonderful world record in his own name after hitting a tremendous century. In which he has now become the first player in the world to score the most Test centuries in Sri Lanka as a foreign captain. Joe Root scored his third century as Test captain in Srilanka and overtook Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar as well as Stephen Fleming. With this, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar and Stephen Fleming have scored two centuries each as captain in Sri Lanka Test. In which Joe Root has left behind these three players and has a new record in his name.
Root scored 186 runs in the first innings
Joe Root also completed his 15,000 runs in international cricket during these innings. Joe Root completed his century in the first innings, facing 139 balls, in which he hit 14 fours during his 100-run innings. Talking about the same Fab Four, Virat Kohli is at the top in terms of scoring the most centuries in foreign places along with India. In which Virat Kohli has scored a total of 14 centuries abroad while Steve Smith is second with 13 centuries. Kane Williamson is third with 11 centuries and Joe Root is fourth with 8 centuries. Along with this, Joe Root scored 186 runs in the first innings and was run out.
In the 99th Test match of his Test career,Joe Root scored a century. Not only this, during his Test career, there are players like batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Sourav Ganguly and Sunil Gavaskar to score a century in the 99th match. With this, Kevin Pietersen was the highest run-scorer for England in the 99th match of his Test career in which he scored 62 runs, but Joe Root has also left him behind.