Joe Root (Pic: X/@englandcricket)
In the third Test match against Pakistan, England secured a victory by eight wickets at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham (Pic: X/@englandcricket)
During the match, England's skipper Joe Root delivered an unbeaten knock of 62 runs off 69 balls. His knock was laced with eight boundaries (Pic: X/@root66)
With this, the right-handed batsman broke the record of legendary Team India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar for the most fifties in the longest format of the game (Pic: X/@root66)
Currently, Root has 69 half-centuries to his name in 169 Test matches for England. He also has 14,278 runs in the format's history (Pic: X/@root66)
Tendulkar concluded his Test career with 68 fifties in the format. Having represented Team India in 200 Test matches, he smashed 15,921 runs (Pic: File Pic)
