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

New Delhi- The second Test match is being played between England and New Zealand (England vs New Zealand). On this occasion, England’s great batsman Joe Root (Joe Root) scored an excellent half-century. In the same innings, Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethel also played excellent innings of 92 and 96 runs for England. But this innings of Joe Root has broken the record of former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid.

In fact, Joe Root scored a half-century in the second innings against New Zealand, then he reached 100 half-centuries in the Test. He also got ahead of Rahul Dravid. Because Rahul Dravid has 99 fifties in Tests. But now Joe Root has scored 100 fifties. That means they have gone ahead of them. In the list of scoring the most fifties in cricket, the Root Test has come to the fourth place.

If we talk about scoring the most fifties in Tests, then it is in the name of Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin has scored a total of 119 fifties in his Test career. Along with this, in second place is Jacques Kallis who has scored 103 fifties. In third place is Ricky Ponting, who also has 103 fifties to his name.

If Joe Root wants to top this list, he will have to score 20 more fifties to break the record of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Along with this, he will have to score 4 more fifties to surpass Ponting and Jacques Kallis. It may be a bit difficult for them to reach Sachin. It remains to be seen how many more fifties he can score before announcing his retirement.