ROOT BY NUMBERS

173

Most runs in a home Test since September 2018, when he scored 125 runs at The Oval, also against India

3

Number of runs Root is now behind Graham Gooch in the list of top Test match runscorers. Root now has 8,887 Test runs - Gooch (8,890) and Alastair Cook (12,472) are the only Englishmen with more

21

That was Root’s 21st Test century, moving him up to tied for seventh in England’s all-time list.