Not your average Joe: Root ascends new peak in Tests

WATCHING Joe Root bat in Test cricket is like sitting in a theatre for a feel good movie.

- GOMESH S

Even more so when he is in his element, controlling what happens around him; there is a pleasantness to it that makes you feel everything is fine with the word even if you are rooting for Root's opponent.

Last week was one such week where the English batter had back-to-back blockbusters during the ongoing home series against Sri Lanka. Yes, often it is just about watching Root going about his business in England whites, but there was more to it this time.

In a span of five days, Root not just equalled Alaistair Cook to become the England batter with most Test centuries. In the process, he joined an elite list of Sunil Gavaskar, Mahela Jayawardene, Brian Lara and Younis Khan with 34 hundreds.