Joe Root Surpasses Shivnarine Chanderpaul: Top 5 Batsmen With Most 50+ Scores In Test Cricket

Joe Root has joined the elite club of batsmen with the most 50+ scores in Test cricket, surpassing legends like Rahul Dravid and Ricky Ponting. Discover the top 5 batsmen with the most 50+ innings in Test cricket history.

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Recently, England’s experienced batsman Joe Root played a brilliant innings of 143 runs in the Test match being played against Sri Lanka at Lord’s and strengthened his team in the first innings. With this, he left behind former West Indies veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul in terms of playing the most number of 50+ innings in Test cricket history.

Joe Root has now come to the fifth position in the list of batsmen who have played the most number of 50+ innings in Test cricket. Let us tell you that, in his Test career, Chanderpaul played 50+ innings 96 times while batting in 280 innings of 164 matches. Root had equalled him in the match played against Sri Lanka in Manchester but left him behind in this matter in the Lord’s Test. Here we are going to tell you about the top 5 batsmen who have played the most number of 50+ runs innings in Test cricket.

These are the top 5 batsmen who have played the most number of 50+ runs innings in Test cricket

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Joe Root- 96

England’s experienced batsman Joe Root has registered his name in the top 5 list of batsmen who have played the most number of 50+ run innings in Test cricket by scoring 143 runs in the first innings against Sri Lanka in the Lord’s Test. Root has played 50+ runs innings 97 times in his career so far while batting in 264 innings of 145* matches, which includes 33 centuries and 64 half-centuries.

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Rahul Dravid – 117

Former Indian great batsman Rahul Dravid, known as ‘The Wall’ and who started his Test career in 1996, got a chance to bat in 287 innings of 168 matches till 2012. During this time, Dravid played innings of 50+ runs 99 times, which included 36 centuries and 63 half-centuries.

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Ricky Ponting – 103

Former Australian great batsman and former captain Ricky Ponting played a total of 168 matches in his Test career from 1995 to 2012. During this time, he batted in 287 innings and played innings of 50+ runs 103 times, which included 41 centuries and 62 half-centuries.

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Jacques Kallis – 103

Former South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis started his Test career in 1995 and ended it in 2013. During this time, he played 50+ innings 103 times while batting in 280 innings of 166 matches. Kallis scored 45 centuries and 58 half-centuries in his Test career.

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Sachin Tendulkar – 119  

Former legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is the batsman who has scored the most runs, scored the most centuries, and scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket history, as well as the batsman who has played the most 50+ innings. He played 200 matches in his Test career from 1989 to 2013, in which he played 50+ innings 119 times in 329 innings, in which he scored 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries.