On day three of the fourth game of the five-game series against India at Old Trafford on Friday, England’s great batsman Joe Root scored an incredible hundred runs, making him the second-highest run-scorer in Test history.
In his 157th Test match, the 34-year-old hit an offside single to surpass former Australia captain Ricky Ponting’s record of 13,378 runs.
With an impressive total of precisely 150, Root surpassed the 34-year-old Englishman’s record of 13,409, which was previously held by retiring Indian great Sachin Tendulkar (15,921 Test runs).
“Magnificent from Root, this is a great moment in history,” former Australia captain Ponting said on Sky Sports as the Manchester crowd stood to applaud and chant the Yorkshireman’s name.
