Joe Root becomes the second highest scorer in Test cricket as England takes control against India in fourth Test.
Joe Root climbed to second on the all-time list of Test run-scorers after hitting a sparkling 38th century as England hunted a series-clinching win against India.
Ben Stokes’s team, 2-1 up in the five-match series, were 544-7 at stumps on Friday on the third day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, 186 runs ahead of the toiling tourists on first innings.
Root made an imperious score of exactly 150, with only retired India great Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 Test runs) now having made more than the 34-year-old Englishman’s tally of 13,409.
Earlier, Ollie Pope (71) put on 144 for the third wicket with Root before he was dismissed by Washington Sundar, who also removed Harry Brook cheaply to give India renewed hope.
