IND VS ENG: Joe Root haunts India at Lord's once again, breaks plethora of records with 37th Test century

England star batter Joe Root brought up a well-deserved century against India on the second day of Lord's Test. This was the 34-year-old's 37th ton in the format and his 11th hundred against India, making him the player with the joint-most tons against the Men in Blue in red-ball cricket alongside Australia's Steve Smith.

After finishing Day 1 unbeaten on 99, Root moved into triple figures on the first ball of the second day. The batter took a total of 192 deliveries to reach his hundred and did so with a boundary. The hosts will now be hoping to continue frustrating Indian bowlers and pile more runs for the rest of the day.

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Root broke a plethora of records in the process of reaching his cenjtury. Firstly, the batter became the first player in history to score over 3000 runs against India in Test cricket. He also overtook Graham Gooch and became the England batter with the most runs at the iconic Lord's stadium. Notably, this was Root's second ton against the Men in Blue at the venue in London and his first hundred in the format since his inning of 106 against New Zealand in Wellington which came back in December, 2024.

Root has formed a great partnership with Stokes

Root's partnership with Ben Stokes is close to reaching the 100-run mark and now the duo's main objective will be to score a massive number of runs without losing many wickets as the day progresses. Earlier, Root had also formed a 104-run stand with Ollie Pope on Day 1, causing many problems for the Indian bowling attack.

Meanwhile, this ton helps in taking Root closer to Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of most runs in red-ball cricket. He is currently the fifth-highest run-scorer in the format with 13,215 runs under his name. He also has a massive opportunity to surpass the run-tally of both Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis as he is only 73 and 74 runs behind the two respectively.

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It will be interesting to see if Root will now be able to manage and post an even bigger score as the day progresses or if the Indian bowlers will be able to pick up his wicket soon and restrict England to a low first-inning total.