Former England captain Joe Root is running in excellent form in Test cricket. He has scored 6 centuries so far in the year 2022. Earlier in the year 2021, he had scored 5 centuries. He is the first batsman from England to score 5 or more centuries in two different years. In the second innings of the last Test against Team India, he scored a brilliant century and gave his team the best victory. Talking about those who scored centuries in Tests in the year 2021 and 2022, there are such players in the top-5, whose name everyone will be surprised to hear.
Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow – The former England captain has scored 11 centuries in 24 matches in the years 2021 and 2022 i.e. in the last one and a half years. During this, he has scored 2635 runs at an average of 61.27. Apart from this, he has also scored five half-centuries. His teammate Jonny Bairstow is at number two. The right-handed batsman has scored 1385 runs in 17 matches at an average of 47.75 with the help of 6 centuries.
Dimuth Karunaratne and Usman Khawaja – Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne is at number three. He has so far scored 5 centuries in the year 2021 and 2022 and has scored 1267 runs at an average of 57.59. At the same time, Usman Khawaja of Australia has scored four centuries during this period. Has scored 822 runs in 6 matches at an average of 117,42. Darrell Mitchell of New Zealand has also scored four centuries. During this, he has scored 817 runs at an average of 68.08.
Five batsmen have scored three-three centuries – In the last one and a half years, five batsmen have scored three-three centuries in Test cricket. Devon Conway of New Zealand has scored 918 runs in 10 matches at an average of 51. Pakistan’s Fawad Alam has scored 604 runs in 12 matches at an average of 43.14. Liton Das of Bangladesh has scored 1253 runs in 15 matches at an average of 48.19. Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka has scored 834 runs in 11 matches at an average of 49.05. Rishabh Pant has scored 1280 runs at an average of 47.40.
Poor record of three out of Fab-4 – Three out of Fab-4 ie Joe Root, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli have been disappointing. Smith and Williamson have scored a century each. On the other hand, Kohli has not scored any century. The former captain of Team India has not been able to score a century since November 2019.