{"id":23370,"date":"2026-09-12T14:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23370"},"modified":"2026-09-12T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:23:27","slug":"joe-root-creates-history-breaks-sachin-tendulkars-test-record-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=23370","title":{"rendered":"Joe Root creates history, breaks Sachin Tendulkar&#8217;s Test record | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134136982,imgsize-60281,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/joe-root-sachin1209-afp.jpg\" alt=\"Joe Root creates history, breaks Sachin Tendulkar's Test record\" title=\"Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies)\">Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: England captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/joe-root\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Root<\/a> went past Indian batting great <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>\u2019s record for most fifties in Test cricket during England\u2019s eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Root remained unbeaten on 62 off 69 balls, hitting nine fours, as England chased down 130 to complete a 3-0 Test series whitewash.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>His unbeaten half-century took his tally of Test fifties to 69, moving him past Tendulkar\u2019s 68.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>West Indies great Shivnarine Chanderpaul is third on the list with 66 fifties, while Allan Border and Rahul Dravid have 63 each. Ricky Ponting has 62.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Most fifties in Test cricket<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component \" data-pos=\"17\">\n<ul>\n<li>69* \u2013 Joe Root<\/li>\n<li>68 \u2013 Sachin Tendulkar<\/li>\n<li>66 \u2013 Shivnarine Chanderpaul<\/li>\n<li>63 \u2013 Allan Border<\/li>\n<li>63 \u2013 Rahul Dravid<\/li>\n<li>62 \u2013 Ricky Ponting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2>Root joins elite 1,000-run club<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Root also became the first batter to score more than 1,000 Test runs at Edgbaston. <!-- -->The England star has now crossed the 1,000-run mark at four different Test venues. He has scored 2,203 runs at Lord\u2019s, 1,128 in Manchester and 1,050 at The Oval.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>Only two other players \u2014 South African great Jacques Kallis and Australian legend Ricky Ponting \u2014 had earlier scored more than 1,000 Test runs at four different venues.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>England complete 3-0 whitewash<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Root\u2019s record came on a day when England completed a dominant 3-0 Test series win over Pakistan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>England, chasing 130, finished on 130\/2, with Root unbeaten on 62 and Jordan Cox not out on 59.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>England had already won the first two Tests at Headingley and Lord\u2019s. The Edgbaston victory completed their 3-0 series sweep over Pakistan.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/joe-root-creates-history-breaks-sachin-tendulkars-record\/articleshow\/134136516.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar (Image credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: England captain Joe Root went past Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar\u2019s record for most fifties in Test cricket during England\u2019s eight-wicket win over Pakistan in the third Test at Edgbaston on Saturday.Root remained unbeaten on 62 off 69 balls, hitting nine fours, as England chased 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