England National Cricket Team Modern-Day Batting Great Joe Root reduced the India National Cricket Team with its stellar hundred in the fifth Test match of Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025.
After completing his 39th Test century, the route came up with a good gesture as he was seen paying a beautiful tribute to Graham Thorpe.
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Joe Root hits a stunning century
The 34-year-old Root once again showed why he is the best test batsman in the world by playing a match winning knock at the end of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy 2025 series.
Joe Root did not start a series on a great note, but as it moved forward, it continued to improve and ended with a remarkable century.
England was given a big target of 374 runs to chase in the final innings of the fifth test, and Root took responsibility for being a senior batsman and played an extraordinary knock.
He formed an important partnership with Harry Brook, which completely dropped India from the game, and even after losing his team partner, he batted brilliantly.
He eventually completed his century by giving Akash double to Akash on the first ball of the 69th over. After reaching the landmark, Root took off his helmet and raised his bat towards the dressing room.
Then, he took out a headband, wore it to pay a good tribute to Graham Thorpe, with a finger gesture towards the sky in tribute. This was the 39th ton for the route in Test cricket.
Most tests hundreds:
51 – Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
45 – Jacks Kalis (SA)
41 – Ricky Ponting (AUS)
39 – Joe Root (ENG)*
38 – Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Watch: Joe Root has paid the best tribute to Graham Thorpe
Headband directly on
“England’s current number 4 would never forget the last number 4 of England, it meant a lot for him.”
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– England Cricket (@NglandCrick) August 3, 2025
In particular, on August 4, 2024, at the age of 55, Surrey died of a train at Asher railway station, legendary Graham Thorpe died on August 4, 2024. His death fought for a long time with depression and anxiety. To honor his memory, the “day for Thorpi” was determined during the fifth test between England and India, which was his 56th birthday.
He was an excellent team partner, a fundamental player – Michael Etharton
Players and fans wore a white headband to pay tribute to Graham Thorpe during the fifth Test at Kennington Oval, London.
Speaking on Sky Sports, former England captain Michael Attarton said that his former team partner Thorpes was an excellent and fundamental player. He explained in detail:
“He was an excellent team-met, a fundamental player and a very loving part of a team that was not particularly successful, but a relationship with a cricketing public. What happened if a small good could be good, what has happened, it is raising money for a very important relationship between cricket and mental health.
“A long history of the game has taken you to dark places because there is a lot of waiting and thinking.
“This is probably only in the last 20 years, because since the publication of Marcus Traksothic’s book, people have felt able to talk about it. I think after the end of Graham’s game’s career and we sat with them, I started feeling that the weaknesses but I don’t think that none of us realized how important they were.”
