With 178 balls, the seasoned batsman scored 122 runs. Ten fours peppered his innings.
With this hit, Root became the first batsman in the history of the ICC World Test Championship to reach 4,500 runs.
These are his statistics.
One more amazing trip for Root
Root showed up to bat when Britain were 127/2 (third innings).
The star hitter and Harry Creek directed Britain to 248/3 at stumps.
The two players proceeded with their predominance on Day 4 and recorded hundreds of years.
Their endeavors implied Britain completed at 425 and later won the duel by 241 runs.
Britain and WI ordered 416 and 457 in their separate first innings.
First player to get this accomplishment
According to ESPNcricinfo, Root turned into the principal hitter to finish 4,500 runs in the WTC.
In 54 matches, Root possesses 4,511 runs at a normal of 49.57. He hammered his fourteenth 100 years as well as crushing 18 fifties.
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne (3,904) is the main other player with more than 3,500 runs in the opposition.
Root likewise claims the most tons in such manner.
Root’s numbers from various cycles
With 1,660 runs at 47.42, Root was the second-most noteworthy run-getter in the debut WTC version (2019-21).
He enrolled three tons other than eight fifties.
Root amassed 1,915 runs in 22 Tests in the 2021-23 cycle.
No other player could pound even 1,700 runs. Root’s count of eight centuries was additionally the most elevated for any hitter in that period (50s: 6).
His details in the continuous cycle
Root is at present fourth as far as runs in the continuous 2023-25 cycle. He has scored 936 stumbles into 12 games at 46.80. The count currently incorporates three tons and four fifties.
12,000 Trials stacking for Root
Playing his 142nd match (260 innings), Root presently claims 11,940 runs at a normal of 49.95. Notwithstanding 32 tons, Root claims 62 fifties.
According to ESPNcricinfo, Root has 1,426 runs versus West Indies at 54.84.
He crushed his 6th 100 years against them (50s: 6).
In the interim, Root can before long turn into the subsequent Britain hitter after Alastair Cook (12,472) to finish 12,000 Trials.