IND vs ENG: Joe Root unbeaten on 99, will break Rahul Dravid's record as soon as he scores one run, close to Sachin...

Joe Root 99 runs not out: Joe Root played an unbeaten innings of 99 runs on the first day of the third Test against India. Root made many records during this innings. However, the century remained one run away from him. Root will now have a chance to break at least two records of Rahul Dravid on Friday. England will start playing on the second day at 251 runs for 4 wickets. Joe Root will continue his innings at 99, and Ben Stokes at 39 runs.

Joe Root has scored 36 centuries in Test matches so far. As soon as he scores one run, he will complete his 37th century. If this happens, he will leave behind Rahul Dravid (36) and Steve Smith (36) in terms of most centuries. Sachin Tendulkar has the highest number of 51 centuries in Test matches. Jacques Kallis (45) is second, Ricky Ponting (41) is third, and Kumar Sangakkara (38) is fourth.

Rahul Dravid's record of runs in Test matches is also in danger. Dravid had scored 13288 runs in 164 Test matches at an average of 52.31. Joe Root now needs only 75 runs to leave Dravid behind. Root has scored 13214 runs in 156 Test matches so far.

3000 runs against India

Joe Root made two big records in his innings of 99 runs on the first day of the match. As soon as he took the 45th run during his innings, he completed 3000 Test runs against India. Root is the first batsman in the world to score 3000 Test runs against India. Root completed his fifty after a while. This is Root's 67th fifty. He has now played an innings of 50 or more 103 times in Test cricket. Root has now come at par with Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis in terms of playing innings of 50 runs or more. Now, only Sachin Tendulkar (119) is ahead of him.

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