Sports: Sri Lanka cricket team is on a tour of England these days. During this time a series of 3 test matches is being played between the two teams. In the first test of the series, England defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. England's experienced all-rounder Joe Root scored a half-century in the second innings.

He remained unbeaten after scoring 62 runs off 128 balls. With this, Joe Root has broken a special record of Rahul Dravid. He has now become the third batsman to score the most half-centuries in Tests. Not only this, Joe Root has also left Alan Border behind.

Rahul Dravid scored 63 half centuries in Tests

Rahul Dravid played 164 test matches in his career. During this, he scored 13288 runs in 286 innings at an average of 52.31 and a strike rate of 42.51. He scored 63 half-centuries in test matches. Apart from him, Allan Border also scored 63 half-centuries in test matches. Now Joe Root has left both the legends behind.

Root has played 144 Tests in his career so far. During this time, he has scored 12131 runs in 263 innings at an average of 50.33 and a strike rate of 56.70. The English all-rounder has scored 64 half-centuries in Tests. Apart from this, he has also scored 32 centuries in the biggest format of cricket.

Batsmen with most fifties in Tests

• Sachin Tendulkar: 68 half centuries
• Shiva Narayan Chandrapal: 66 half centuries
• Joe Root: 64 half centuries
• Rahul Dravid: 63 half-centuries
• Allan Border: 63 half-centuries

Sachin Tendulkar's record is under target

Joe Root is constantly achieving new achievements in Test cricket. He can soon leave Sachin Tendulkar behind. For this, he will have to score 5 more half-centuries in Tests. Joe Root is currently the 7th highest run-scorer in Tests. He can soon leave Kumar Sangakkara and Alastair Cook behind.

Highest run scorer in test matches

• Sachin Tendulkar: 15921 runs
• Ricky Ponting: 13378 runs
• Jacques Kallis: 13289 runs
• Rahul Dravid: 13288 runs
• Alastair Cook: 12472 runs
• Kumar Sangakkara: 12400 runs
• Joe Root: 12131 runs