Joe Root scored a brilliant century in the first innings of Multan Test. This talented batsman from England touched the Test century mark for the 35th time. This century of Joe Root has taken him ahead of the four big giants. He has now overtaken legends like Gavaskar, Younis Khan, Brian Lara and Mahela Jayawardene in terms of scoring the most Test centuries. Well, the interesting thing is that Joe Root has scored this century on the day of his younger brother's wedding. Joe Root's younger brother Billy is getting married today i.e. on 9th October and this player has also given him a wedding gift by scoring a brilliant century.

Left brother's wedding to play in Pakistan

The thing to note here is that Joe Root gave priority to his country's team over his brother's marriage. If he wanted, he could have skipped the first match of the three-Test series but he went to Pakistan with the team. Joe Root did not face any problem in scoring runs on the batting friendly pitch of Multan and this player scored a brilliant century. This is Joe Root's first century in Pakistan. He has been successful in scoring centuries against teams from 7 countries.

Root goes past Sunny G!

The English batter notched up century no. 3⃣5⃣ in Multan to go past Sunil Gavaskar's tally of 34 tons. Earlier in the day, he overtook Alastair Cook to become England's top run-scorer in Test cricket. pic.twitter.com/6JKXFdtcma

— FanCode (@FanCode) October 9, 2024

Joe Root's century is also special because this player scored the century while batting at number 3. Joe Root usually bats at number four but due to Duckett's injury, he came to bat at number 3 and scored his fifth century at this position. He had failed in the last three innings at number 3 position.

Who is Billy Root?

Billy Root also plays cricket like Joe Root. He is playing first class cricket for Glamorgan. Till now, Billy has scored 4023 runs in 78 matches at an average of 33.80 and has scored 7 centuries with his bat. Whereas in List A, this player has scored 1604 runs at an average of more than 43 in which he has scored 3 centuries with his bat.