Joe Root Plays 100th Test Match; Becomes 1st Player Do So

England captain Joe Root is playing his 100th test match at Chennai. Root has become the third-youngest player to play 100 test matches and the 15th English cricketer to do so. Root has made 8249 runs in 99 test matches before the Chennai test, which includes 19 centuries and 49 half-centuries.

Alastair Cook holds the record of being the youngest player to play 100 test matches - at the age of 28 years and 353 days old. After Cook, Sachin Tendulkar is the next player on the list - 29 years and 134 days. Joe Root played his 100th test at the age of 30 years and 37 days.

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Root First Player To Do So

 

Joe Root has become the first player to play the first, 50th, and 100th Test match on foreign soil. Root made his debut in Vidarbha against India in December 2012. 

Playing 1st and 100th Test match in the same visiting country:-
Kapil Dev in Pakistan
Carl Hooper in India
Joe Root in India

Root is the only player whose 1st, 50th and 100th Test are in the same visiting country.#INDvENG

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) February 5, 2021

Enters Elite List

Joe Root has become the third cricketer to play the first and 100th Test match on foreign soil. Kapil Dev was the first player to make his debut and play the 100th test in Pakistan. Carl Hooper is the next on the list, who did the same in India.