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London, July 11: Joe Root has once again etched his name into cricket’s glittering history books. The senior England batter scored his 37th Test hundred on Friday, surpassing the tallies of India’s legendary Rahul Dravid and his contemporary, Australia’s Steve Smith, both of whom held 36 centuries each in the longest format.Root’s sparkling innings came on Day 2 of the third Test against India at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Ground. He reached his milestone in style, threading a boundary wide of third slip off Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. But cricket’s fortunes can shift quickly Bumrah had the final word,…
