Joe Root's masterful ton vs WI puts him in elite company with Rohit Sharma, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson

England batter Joe Root has achieved a massive feat in the history of Test cricket. The right-hander equaled Kane Williamson and Steve Smith for the most number of centuries by the fab four batters in the history of the longest format of the game.

Joe Root achieved the feat in the ongoing second Test against West Indies National Cricket Team. The penultimate game of the three-match series between the teams is currently taking place at the Trent Bridge in Nottingham and the hosts have completely taken the command over the game.

One of the major factors behind that has been premier batter Joe Root. After West Indies took a lead of 41 runs in the first innings, England were under a bit of pressure. However, it was the senior batter who stood tall for his team and tilted the game completely in the team's favor with his batting.

Joe Root didn't put a foot wrong in his innings and played some gorgeous shots. He was all over the West Indies National Cricket Team bowlers and made sure that he helped his team take a massive first-innings lead of over 350 runs and outplay the opposition.

Joe Root has carried his golden touch in the longest format of the game and is making sure that he bats as long as possible. The right-hander first slammed his 66th half-century in Test cricket. He joined greats Rahul Dravid and Allan Border as the batters with the most fifties in the longest format of the game, being only behind Tendulkar and Chanderpaul.

Joe Root shatters multiple records after his 32nd Test century

After scoring the half-century, Joe Root made sure the converted it into the ton. The right-hander slammed his 32nd Test century. This was his 6th ton against the West Indies National Cricket Team and he joined the like of Alastair Cook, and Allan Lamb in the list of most centuries against West Indies.

Most Test 100s for England vs West Indies

6 - Colin Cowdrey

6 - Allan Lamb

6 - Andrew Strauss

6 - Alastair Cook

6 - Joe Root*

This was his 32nd Test century and he now has joint most centuries among fab 4 players in the longest format of the game along with Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, who have 32 Test tons as well. Root also brought up his 48th international cricket and joined Rohit Sharma for the second most tons by active players in international cricket.

Most Test hundreds in Fab 4:

Williamson - 32 (100 matches)
Smith - 32 (109 matches)
Root - 32* (142 matches)
Kohli - 29 (113 matches)

Most Hundreds in International cricket among active players:

1) Virat Kohli - 80

2) Joe Root - 48*

3) Rohit Sharma - 48

4) Kane Williamson - 45

5) Steve Smith - 44

Joe Root also is just one century away from becoming the player with the most centuries for England in the longest format of the game. Sir Alastair Cook has 33 tons and is at the top of the list.

Most Test hundreds for England:

33 - Alistair Cook (291 inns)

32 - Joe Root (260 inns)

23 - Kevin Pietersen (181 inns)

Joe Root ended with an innings of 122 runs off 178 balls. He also slammed 10 fours during his knock. His sensational ton powered the England National Cricket Team to a total of over 400 runs in the second innings.