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Joe Root: England's batsmen wreaked havoc in the third ODI against Sri Lanka. Joe Root and Harry Brook together took England to 357 runs in 50 overs. Both Root and Brook scored brilliant centuries. Root scored unbeaten 111 runs in 108 balls, while captain Harry Brook scored unbeaten 136 runs in 66 balls. Harry Brook batted stormily in the slog overs but Joe Root performed brilliantly with the new ball and completed his 20th century in ODI cricket. With his perseverance, Joe Root left many big players behind. Let us tell you what feats Root did?

Joe Root's record breaking performance

Joe Root has overtaken batsmen like Sachin Tendulkar and Rohit Sharma in scoring 20 centuries in the fewest innings in ODIs. Root scored 20 centuries in just 178 innings whereas Sachin took 197 innings for this. Rohit had scored 20 ODI centuries in 183 innings.

The greatest centurion of this decade

Joe Root is the biggest centurion of this decade. This player has scored 28 centuries in all formats in the last 10 years. After Root comes Shubman Gill, who has scored 19 centuries. Babar Azam has scored 17 centuries. Joe Root has scored 61 centuries in international cricket, which is the most after Virat Kohli.

Root's wonder in Sri Lanka ODI series

Joe Root has scored the most runs in the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Fifty plus scores came out of his bat in all three innings and he scored 247 runs at an average of 123.50. Root has shown that he is not a player from the soil of England only. Recently he had scored two centuries in the Ashes and now he has scored a century in Sri Lanka also.

Joe Root's ODI career

Joe Root's Test career is amazing but his figures in the ODI format are also unmatched. This player has scored 7577 runs in 189 ODI matches at an average of 49.5. Apart from 20 centuries, this player has also scored 45 half-centuries. It is clear that whatever the format, he is adept at scoring route runs.