On the first day of the ongoing second Test between England and Sri Lanka, J. Root scored his 33rd Test hundred. The former England Test captain came to bat when his team lost two wickets for 42 runs. While the right-hander went on to score a hundred, the rest of the batters failed to cross the 40-run mark. The home side, England were reduced to 216/6.
Along with pacer G. Atkinson, Root put together 92 runs for the seventh wicket. During this partnership, Root reached his hundred, equalling the record of former England captain A. Cook.
Root now has the most Test hundreds among ‘Fab Four’ featuring himself and the likes of V. Kohli, K. Williamson, and S. Smith.
List of most Test hundreds
| Player | Hundreds |
| S. Tendulkar | 51 |
| J. Kallis | 45 |
| R. Ponting | 41 |
| K. Sangakkara | 38 |
| R. Dravid | 36 |
| S. Gavaskar | 34 |
| M. Jayawardene | 34 |
| B. Lara | 34 |
| Y. Khan | 34 |
| A. Cook | 33 |
| J. Root | 33 |
Most Test hundreds among active players
| Players | Hundreds |
| J. Root | 33 |
| K. Williamson | 32 |
| S. Smith | 32 |
| V. Kohli | 29 |
| C. Pujara | 19 |
| D. Karunaratne | 16 |
| A, Mathews | 16 |
| U. Khawaja | 15 |
| D. Chandimal | 15 |
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