England National Cricket Team's Test captain Joe Root surpasses Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar in the longest format of the game. Root broke Sachin's record during the third Test match against Pakistan in Birmingham.
On Day 4 of the match, Joe Root scored his 69th half-century while chasing the final target of the match and the three-match series. With the latest half-century, the England skipper officially broke the Indian legend's record, who concluded his Test career with 68 half-centuries.
Joe Root snatches Sachin Tendulkar's record of scoring the most Test half-centuries
West Indies cricket legend Shivnarayan Chanderpaul is now third in the list with 66 fifties, and Allan Border, with 63 half-centuries, ranked fourth in the list. Another former India batter, Rahul Dravid, is at the fifth position with sixty-three 50s, while the former Australia captain Ricky Ponting smashed 62 half-centuries in his Test career. After almost a decade, someone crossed Sachin Tendulkar's record of Test half-centuries.
Most fifties in Tests
69* - Joe Root (England)
68 - Sachin Tendulkar (India)
66 - S Chanderpaul (West Indies)
63 - Allan Border (Australia)
63 - Rahul Dravid (India)
62 - Ricky Ponting (Australia)
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