Sunday, February 16th, 2025

Eng vs Nz: Joe Root broke Rahul Dravid’s record, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting also on target

New Delhi. In the second innings of the second Test match being played between England and New Zealand (England vs New Zealand), England’s legendary batsman Joe Root scored a brilliant half-century. In the same innings for England, Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethall also played brilliant innings of 92 and 96 runs. But the innings played by Joe Root has broken the record of former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid.

In fact, when Joe Root scored a half-century in the second innings against New Zealand, he/she reached 100 half-centuries in Tests. In this way he/she went ahead of Rahul Dravid. Because Rahul Dravid has 99 half-centuries in his/her name in Tests. But now Joe Root has scored 100 half-centuries. That means he/she has gone ahead of them. Joe Root has come fourth in the list of hitting most fifties in Test cricket.

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If we talk about most number of half centuries in Test, it is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored a total of 119 half-centuries in his/her Test career. At the same time, in second place is Jacques Kallis who has hit 103 fifties. Ricky Ponting is in third place, he/she also has 103 half-centuries in his/her name.

If Joe Root wants to top this list, he/she will have to score 20 more half-centuries to break Sachin Tendulkar’s record. At the same time, to leave Ponting and Jacques Kallis behind, he/she will have to score 4 more half-centuries. It may be a little difficult for him/her to reach Sachin. It remains to be seen how many more fifty’s he/she can score till the announcement of his/her retirement.

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