England defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the first match of the Test series. Joe Root played an important role in England's victory. Sri Lanka made the match exciting with their brilliant batting and bowling in their second innings, but Root made the match easy for England with his 62-run half-century. Along with this fifty, he also achieved some great feats. Root left behind Rahul Dravid and Allan Border in terms of scoring half-centuries in Tests. At the same time, he came closer to Sachin's record. This innings has put him in the list of great batsmen.

Root joined the top-3

Joe Root scored the 64th half-century of his career in the second innings against Sri Lanka.

With this, he has gone to the third position in terms of scoring the most half-centuries in Test cricket. He has left behind Rahul Dravid and Allan Border. Both these batsmen had scored 63-63 half-centuries in Tests. Now only West Indies' Shivnarine Chanderpaul and India's Sachin Tendulkar are ahead of Root. With two fifties, he will equal Chanderpaul. And with 4 more fifties, he will equal Sachin. Meaning that soon Joe Root will break this record of Sachin, who is called the God of Cricket.

This record of Sachin is also in danger

Sri Lanka had given a target of 205 runs by playing a brilliant innings in the third innings of the match. Root scored 62 runs while batting in the fourth innings. Along with this, he did another big feat. Now he has become the fourth batsman to score the most runs in the fourth innings of a Test match. Due to this, Sachin's record is in danger. He had scored 1622 runs while batting in the fourth innings, while Root has scored 1589 runs. Root will break this record as soon as he scores 34 runs. At the same time, he will leave behind Alastair Cook and Graeme Smith as soon as he scores 23 runs.

Not only this, 33-year-old Joe Root is slowly getting closer to another record of Sachin. Root has scored more than 12 thousand runs in 261 innings of 143 test matches at an average of 50.11. This includes 32 centuries. Now he is about 4 thousand runs away from Sachin's record. Root can also break Sachin's record of scoring the most runs in Tests.

Not only this, 33-year-old Joe Root is slowly getting closer to another record of Sachin. Root has scored more than 12 thousand runs in 261 innings of 143 test matches at an average of 50.11. This includes 32 centuries. Now he is about 4 thousand runs away from Sachin's record. Root can also break Sachin's record of scoring the most runs in Tests.