Pataudi Trophy 2021, 2nd Test: Joe Root headlines Day 3 as records are broken again

India and England seem to be engaged in a heated battle of bat and ball in the second Test for the Pataudi Trophy 2021 at Lord's. Day 3 essentially went in favour of the host, as some records were scripted again.

England finished Day 3 on top during the second Test for the Pataudi Trophy 2021 at Lord's in London on Saturday. At the end of the day's play, England was shot out for 391, leading by 27 runs, thanks to skipper Joe Root's unbeaten 180, as some records were scripted that we take a look at.

Joe Root smashes record with 22nd Test century
Root was the headline in the English innings as he scored yet another century in consecutive Tests. As a result:
- He has become the highest-scoring Test centurion as an English skipper in a calendar, having scored five this year and going past Graham Gooch, Michael Atherton and Andrew Strauss (four each in 1990, 1994 and 2009).
- He has also become the joint third-most Test centurion for England along with Wally Hammond, Colin Cowdrey, Geoffrey Boycott and Ian Bell, while he is behind Alastair Cook (33) and Kevin Pietersen (23).
- While it was Root's first instance of scoring consecutive Test centuries, it was also the first time since Ian Bell in 2013 that an Englishman has scored a Test century in successive innings.
- Also, it was his 11th century as Test skipper while it was the joint second-most as English skipper.
- It was also the joint-most 150-plus by an Englishman, along with Alastair Cook (11), besides being the most by an English skipper (6).
- He has become the second-highest Test centurion against India, having scored seven, while the list is led by Gary Sobers, Viv Richards, Ricky Ponting and Steve Smith (8).
- Furthermore, he became the most 150-plus scorer in Tests at Lord's, going past Graham Gooch and Kevin Pietersen (3).
- Moreover, he has become the second-highest 175-plus scorer at a venue (four at Lord's) after Kumar Sangakkara's five at Colombo.
- Also, in an interesting stat, he scored the second-highest Test score (180*) by a batsman in his 196th innings, with the record lying with Gooch (210).

Root enters 9k club
In due course, Root also scored his 9,000th Test run. Consequently:
- He has become the second youngest to do so at 30 years and 227 days, while he remains behind Cook (30 years and 159 days).
- Also, he has taken the fewest days from debut to do so, at 3,167th day.

England registers a first in a long time
England, in this innings, has registered three 50-run stands. Meanwhile, it is the first time since 2007 that there has 50-plus stands for each third, fourth and fifth wicket for England at Lord's. Also, it was the first time since 2010-11 that England has had 50-plus stands for each third, fourth, fifth and sixth wicket in an innings.

Ishant Sharma has Jos Buttler's number
Ishant managed to get rid of Buttler yet again. As a result, he has now dismissed the wicketkeeper-batsman the most times in Test cricket (6), going past Pat Cummins and Ravindra Jadeja (5).

India registers a longest since 2016
India managed to bowl more than 122 overs in an innings, thus making it its longest at away since 2016. Also, it was the first time under Virat Kohli's leadership that India has conceded a lead after scoring 300-plus.

Match summary
Put into bat, India was shot out for 364 on Day 2, thanks to imposing innings from Rohit Sharma (83) and KL Rahul (129), while James Anderson claimed a fifer. On Day 3, England was bundled for 391, as Mohammed Siraj claimed four, while Root stayed unbeaten on 180.
Brief scores: India 364 (Rohit- 83, Rahul- 129; Anderson- 5/62) trails England 391 (Root- 180*, Bairstow- 57; Siraj- 4/94) by 27 runs.

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