In the fifth Test match of the Ashes series against Australia, England's Joe Root played a knock of 160 runs off 242 deliveries. His knock included 15 boundaries (Pic: X/@ICC)

With this, he became the joint third-highest batsman with the most Test hundreds in international cricket, according to the International Cricket Council (ICC) (Pic: X/@ICC)

He has now joined the likes of Australian legend Ricky Ponting. The former cricketer garnered 13,378 runs in 168 Test matches. He also has 41 tons and 62 half-centuries in the format (Pic: X/@ICC)

Root reached his 41st Test century in 146 deliveries during the first innings of England on Day 2 of the Sydney Test. It was Root's second hundred in the ongoing Ashes series (Pic: X/@ICC)

In the elite list of most Test hundreds, Root is just behind South African great Jacques Kallis (45) and Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar (51) (Pic: File Pic)