Joe Root scored 150 off 248 balls as England took a substantial 186-run lead at Stumps on Day 3 of the ongoing Test at the Old Trafford in Manchester.

Joe Root scored an impressive 150, moving to second place among leading Test run-scorers, as England built a significant lead over India in the fourth Test.

The 34-year-old surpassed three legends in one day as he cemented his place among the greats – and helped England strengthen their lead

Only Sachin Tendulkar remains ahead of him with 15921 runs. He was finally dismissed for 150, his 38th century for an aggregate of 13409

England's Joe Root has moved closer to cricketing immortality with his latest test innings against India at his favourite venue.

Joe Root made a sublime 150 off 248 balls while the other contributions came from Ben Stokes (77 batting off 134) and Ollie Pope (71 off 128), a day after the openers put a pedestrian looking Indian a

On Day 3 of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Root moved quickly through a set of milestones. He first overtook India’s Rahul Dravid and South Africa’s Jacques Kallis in just eight balls.

Joe Root has scored 21 hundreds over the course of the last four years. He is now inching towards Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record of most Test runs.