IND vs ENG Tests: Joe Root slams thirty seventh hundred to go previous Dravid; equals Smiths mark of 11 centuries in opposition to India

Senior England batter Joe Root scored his thirty seventh Test hundred on Friday (July 11, 2025) to go previous 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 in opposition to India at Lord’s, when he flayed Jasprit Bumrah for a boundary vast of the third slip. However Bumrah had final snigger 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 checklist of century makers in conventional format with 51 a whole bunch, 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 bunch in opposition to 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 bunch in opposition to their title.

Root took 60 innings to achieve that mark, whereas Smith wanted simply 46 innings.

The elegant right-hander additionally grew to become the third English batter to attain three successive a whole bunch 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 bunch (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 in opposition to 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 bunch every.