Joe Root smashes 11th hundred against India with 37th Test ton, extends Lord’s dominance with record 8th century | Cricket News

Joe Root continued his prolific run-scoring dominance against India as he secured his 37th Test hundred with his first runs of Day 2’s play in the Lord’s Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy on Friday.
Steering Jasprit Bumrah for a streaky four through gully off the first ball after resuming play on 99 not out, the 34-year-old Root reached his 11th century against India and a record eighth Test ton at the hallowed home of cricket. The former England captain, who is inching closer to Sachin Tendulkar’s summit of 15,921 runs, became only the fifth batter after the India batting legend, Ponting, Kallis and Kumar Sangakkara to record 37 hundreds in the format. Root also shattered several significant records as he made his first century of the ongoing five-match series.
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Most Test hundreds against India – Root equals Smith
Root equalled Steve Smith for the record of most Test centuries against India with his 11th century. While Smith has 11 such scores in only 46 innings, Root has reached the mark in his 60th innings after becoming the first batter to smash 3000 Test runs against India. While Smith averages (58.90) against India, Root stands in a comparable range with marginal decimal differences at 58.73. Only three players in hory have recorded more Test centuries against a single team in hory, dominated Don Bradman’s 19 centuries against England.
Most Test hundreds against India
Joe Root – 11 (60 innings)*
Steve Smith – 11 (46 innings)
Garry Sobers – 8 (30 innings)
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Most Test hundreds – Root pips Steve Smith the top active century-maker
With his 37th Test century, Root leapfrogged Steve Smith as the most prolific century-maker in Tests among active players. Only Tendulkar (51), Kallis (45), Ponting (41) and Sangakkara (38) have recorded more three-figure scores.

Player
Mat
Inns
Runs
100

Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
200
329
15921
51

Jacques Kallis (ICC/SA)
166
280
13289
45

Ricky Ponting (AUS)
168
287
13378
41

Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
134
233
12400
38

Joe Root (ENG)
156*
284
13218
37

Steve Smith (AUS)
118
210
10424
36

Rahul Dravid (ICC/IND)
164
286
13288
36

Most hundreds at Lord’s
Starting the Test as the most prolific run-scorer at Lord’s, Root extended his dominance at the iconic London venue with his eighth Test century in only 41 appearances at the ground, the most among all batters in hory.Story continues below this ad

Most Test hundreds at Lord’s

Player
Span
Mat
Inns
100s

JE Root (ENG)
2013-2025
23
41
8

GA Gooch (ENG)
1975-1994
21
39
6

MP Vaughan (ENG)
2000-2008
12
19
6

KP Pietersen (ENG)
2005-2013
15
25
5

AJ Strauss (ENG)
2004-2012
18
31
5

Root’s Test hundreds against India

Runs
BF
Ground
Start Date

218
377
Chennai
5 Feb 2021

180*
321
Lord’s
12 Aug 2021

154*
295
Nottingham
9 Jul 2014

149*
165
The Oval
15 Aug 2014

142*
173
Birmingham
1 Jul 2022

125
190
The Oval
7 Sep 2018

124
180
Rajkot
9 Nov 2016

122*
274
Ranchi
23 Feb 2024

121
165
Leeds
25 Aug 2021

109
172
Nottingham
4 Aug 2021

103* (batting)
195
Lord’s
10 Jul 2025