Delhi: England cricket team’s great batsman Joe Root is currently in tremendous form and he has achieved another big feat in the final test of the Ashes series. In the fifth and last Test match being played against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, Root completed the 67th half-century of his Test career.

Joe Root in great form

This experienced right-handed batsman once again proved why he is counted among the most reliable Test batsmen of the current era. With this half-century, Root, who is at the top position in the ICC Test batsmen’s rankings, has achieved a historic position.

Second place in the list of half centuries

Joe Root has now reached second place in the list of batsmen who have scored the most number of half-centuries in Test cricket. In this matter, only the great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him. Sachin had scored a total of 68 half-centuries in his long Test career, while Root is now just two steps away from breaking this record.

Root came very close to Sachin

Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India from November 1989 to November 2013 and during this period he scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries. Whereas, Joe Root has so far scored 40 centuries and 67 half-centuries in 163 test matches. Looking at the current form, it is not considered difficult for Root to touch this record of Sachin.

Chanderpaul’s record also broken

With this unbeaten half-century, Joe Root also left behind the record of legendary West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Chanderpaul had scored 66 half-centuries in 164 Test matches, while Root has now overtaken him.

Just a few steps away from 14 thousand test runs

If Joe Root scores at least 151 more runs in this Test match, he will become the second batsman in the world to complete 14,000 runs in Test cricket. At present, this achievement is recorded only in the name of Sachin, who has scored more than 14 thousand runs in Tests.

Root-Brook’s strong partnership

Thanks to the unbeaten partnership of 154 runs between Joe Root and Harry Brook, England made a strong position on the first day. By the time the game was stopped due to bad light, England had scored 211 runs for 3 wickets.