By Admin 
England batsman Joe Root has scored a century while batting brilliantly in the third ODI being played against Sri Lanka. Root, who landed at number three, completed his century in 100 balls, which included 8 fours and 1 six. Earlier, Root’s bat had roared in the Test during the Ashes. Now he once again presented his ability to the world by doing wonders in ODIs.
In Test, the English batsman was after Sachin Tendulkar’s record. So has Root now set his sights on Kohli’s record by scoring a century in ODIs? In fact, Joe Root has come very close to breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record in Test cricket. Root has completed 41 centuries in Tests. Whereas the legendary Tendulkar has 51 centuries in Tests. Now only 10 centuries are left. Similarly, the routes are very close in runs also. Root has scored 13943 runs in tests. Whereas Tendulkar has scored 15921 runs in Test. Only 1978 runs are left between the two.
Now Joe Root is after Kohli’s record in ODI?
After the century in ODI, now the question is arising whether Joe Root has now set his sights on Kohli’s record. So let us know what is the difference between the records of Kohli and Root in ODI. First of all, if we look at the centuries of both in the format, Kohli has scored 54 centuries, whereas Root has scored only his 20th century in ODIs. Here there is a big difference between the two.
Apart from this, if we look at the ODI runs of both, Kohli has scored 14797 runs so far, while Root has completed 7576 runs. Here there is a difference of about half. Therefore, Root is far behind Kohli’s record in ODIs. It seems almost impossible for 35-year-old Root to equal Kohli’s record in ODIs.