England’s star batter Joe Root has been on a record-breaking spree in recent times. He went past as many as three batters on the all-time Test batting list during his hundred on Day 3 of the Manchester Test against India.

After going past Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis before Lunch, Root surpassed Australian legend Ricky Ponting before Tea on Friday (July 25) to become the second-highest run scorer in the longest format.

Root celebrated the milestone day by getting to his 38th Test hundred, drawing level with Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara on the all-time list of Test batters with most three-figure scores.

During the 101st over of England’s second innings bowled by Anshul Kamboj, Joe Root took a single on the third delivery and moved to No. 2 in the list of batters with most Test runs, taking his tally past Ponting's 13,378.

Root achieved the milestone in his 157th Test while Ponting finished after playing 168 Tests for Australia.

“Congratulations to Joe Root. Magnificent. Second on the table… Just one more to go now. 2500 runs behind but the way his career has gone over the last 4-5 years, there is absolutely no reason why not,” Ponting said on-air.

The only one batter with more Test runs than Root is none other than the Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar, who has 15,921 runs to his name from 200 matches.