Joe Root vs Sachin Tendulkar: Joe Root has done wonders by scoring the 35th century of his Test career. Joe Root has now become the sixth batsman to score most centuries in Test cricket. Currently, the world record for scoring most centuries in Tests is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has 51 centuries in his name in Tests. At the same time, Jacques Kallis is at second place, Kallis has scored 45 centuries in Tests. While Ricky Ponting scored 41 centuries, Kumar Sangakkara has done wonders by scoring 38 centuries. India's Rahul Dravid has succeeded in scoring 36 centuries. At the same time, the record of scoring the fastest 35 centuries in terms of innings in Test is not in the name of Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root but in the name of Ricky Ponting.
Fastest batsman to score 35 centuries in Test (by innings)
1- Ricky Ponting was successful in scoring 35 centuries in his Test career in 194 innings. Ponting has scored a total of 13378 runs in his test career. (Fewest Innings to reach 35 Test Centuries)
2- Sachin Tendulkar is second in terms of scoring the fastest 35 centuries in Tests. Sachin was successful in completing the 35th century of his Test career in his 200th innings. Tendulkar is the batsman who has scored the most centuries and most runs (15921) in Tests.
3- Kumar Sangakkara is at number three in this list. Sangakkara did the feat of completing his 35th century in Test in the 209th innings. Sangakkara played Test cricket from 2000-2015 and played 134 matches during this period. Kumar Sangakkara was successful in scoring 12400 runs in the test.
4- Jacques Kallis was successful in completing the 35th century of his career in Tests in 234 innings. Jacques Kellis is considered the greatest all-rounder in world cricket. Kallis has scored 13289 runs in tests.
5- Joe Root has succeeded in completing his 35th century in Test in 268th innings. Joe Root scored England's first century in the Multan Test match against Pakistan and scored the 35th century of his Test career. Joe Root has now become the highest run-scorer for England.
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6- Rahul Dravid is at number six. Dravid was successful in completing his 35th century in his Test career in the 272nd innings. Dravid has scored 36 centuries in his Test career. In Test, Rahul played 164 matches and did the feat of scoring a total of 13288 runs.
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