Joe Root scored ODI century after 2084 days: classes against Afghanistan

Delhi: England veteran batsman Joe Root played a brilliant century in the thrilling match being played between England and Afghanistan in Lahore. 34 -year -old Root Introducing his excellent form against Afghanistan, after 2084 days i.e. 5 years 8 months and 12 days long wait in ODI format.

Earlier, he scored an unbeaten 100* against the West Indies on 14 June 2019, but after that there was no century from his bat in ODIs. In this match played in Lahore, Root used his experience and batted at one end and handled England’s innings.

He scored a brilliant century against Afghanistan with the help of 10 fours in 98 balls. This is the 17th of his ODI career and the fifth century in the ICC tournament.

Brian Lara equals

Joe Root performed brilliantly International career 53rd century. Root, who has scored 36 centuries in Test cricket, has now completed a total of 53 international centuries, due to which he has equaled the great West Indies batsman Brian Lara.

Lara scored 53 centuries in 521 innings in his international career. With this achievement, Root has now become the 8th highest century batsman in international cricket.

Apart from this, Root scored a special record in the Champions Trophy, scoring his second century. He has become the second England player to score more than 1 century in this tournament and joined this list with Marcus Tracothic. Earlier, Root scored an unbeaten 133* runs against Bangladesh in the 2017 Champions Trophy.

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