Joe Root on cusp of breaking Rahul Dravid's all-time Test record

June 19, 2025 Credit: Getty

Root ready for India challenge

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India lock horns with England

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Root chases big record

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Root on cusp of towering feat

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Root after Dravid's record

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3 catches more & it's all Root's

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Can Root catch this one?

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Rahul Dravid

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Joe Root

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Mahela Jayawardene

[{"selector":"#anim-90a65428-a1ec-4374-b3ef-fc997092cbad","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1e7bd583-4ea9-4d24-b40e-14daa85c69b1","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 98.97499%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aff04420-4908-41f1-9053-58e994b9f98d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-caa205d6-a066-4e0c-8b65-f87dd2e071df","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, -637.2222%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5aba80ac-80ab-437a-aedc-aff929515046","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-93681058-b81f-4cef-ab57-c1e0d03e94d9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 319.34873%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8f1c0dc8-c929-4c0b-849a-8a8aee33fad4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1a3aca94-ad3f-4637-97c5-44d0429cb98e","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 897.11989%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7b74c96b-827a-4805-864e-188340aec9a6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b801e596-3e0a-4c53-889a-bbc6c4127aac","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 245.13866%, 0) rotate(360deg)","rotate(-360deg) translate3d(0px, 0px, 0) rotate(360deg)"]},"delay":1200,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Mahela Jayawardene took 205 catches in his Test career Credit: Getty

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