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Over the years, several prodigies have impressed the cricketing world with their breathtaking performances early in their international careers. After Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, another Indian batter Shubman Gill is also scoring centuries after centuries at a young age and playing a key role in team's win. Here's list of players with most international hundreds at the age of 25:

Joe Root reaches another milestone in his career at Old Trafford, Manchester, and surpasses Alastair Cook and Graham Gooch. 

In the long and storied history of Test cricket, scoring a century is considered one of the greatest milestones for a batter. While many have achieved the feat, only a few have consistently done so across formats and decades. Here's a look at the top 10 players with the most Test centuries in cricket history, a list dominated by legends from India, Australia, South Africa. 

Scoring five individual centuries in a single Test match is a rare and remarkable achievement in cricket history. Only six teams have accomplished this batting feat, with dominant performances spread across decades.

In the long and storied history of Test cricket, scoring fifty or more in an innings has been a hallmark of consistency, temperament, and technique. While centuries are rightly celebrated, it’s the ability to repeatedly cross the 50-run mark that reflects a batter's lasting value to his team. Here’s a look at the top 10 players with the most 50+ scores in Test history  the true pillars of their sides over the decades.

The Indian cricket team will start a new era in Tests with a five-match series against England. With Shubman Gill as the new Test captain and Rishabh Pant as vice-captain, India are all set to enter the transition phase after the retirements of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravichandran Ashwin. The first Test between India and England is set to be played from June 20 at Headingley, Leeds and it will mark the beginning of the next World Test Championship 2025-27 cycle. Ahead of the start of the blockbuster series, let's take a look at star batters, who have scored most runs in India vs England Test matches in history. Here’s the list of the top 10 batters with most runs in IND vs ENG Tests:

Following the disastrous CT 2025 campaign, Jos Buttler resigned from his post as white-ball captain. Cook is not the first one to question the team's training methods, with former England star Kevin Pietersen and former Indian all-rounder and head coach Ravi Shastri taking a dig at the training schedule during their ODI series against India.

Former South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis grabbed 200 catches in 166 matches.

The 33-year-old's current run tally now stands at a whopping 12,716, just 3,206 runs shy of going past India's 'God of Cricket' to become the most decorated batter in Test history.

Ashes 2023: Joe Root became the highest catch-taker for England in Test cricket surpassing Alastair Cook's record.

Joe Root has a total of 10,015 Test runs and is 5,906 behind Tendulkar, who notched up 15,921 in a career spanning 200 Tests.Root has a total of 10,015 Test runs and is 5,906 behind Tendulkar, who notched up 15,921 in a career spanning 200 Tests.

Former England spinner Graeme Swann has heaped praises on Team India's bowling attack by saying that the Men in Blue has the ability to bundle out any side in the world cheaply.

Cook finished his cricket career with a total of 12,472 runs in 161 Tests, 3204 runs in 92 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and 61 runs in four T20Is.

Asian giants India and Sri Lanka have two players each in Siddle`s all-time XI.

Cook said that considering the circumstances around the coronavirus pandemic, it will be more rewarding to play a full tournament rather than a shortened County season.

Stokes rescued England`s chances of winning back the Ashes on Sunday, hitting an unbeaten 135 against Australia at Headingley as England successfully chased down a record 359 target to level the series at 1-1.

During India's tour of England in 2011, the visitors were whitewashed 0-4 in the Test series and in the third Test match in Birmingham, Sehwag, who did not play the first two matches, was dismissed for a duck in both the innings.

Denly enjoyed a remarkable 2018 domestic season in which he scored 1729 runs in all formats, alongside claiming 57 wickets with his leg-spin bowling.

Cook, who retired in September as England`s most prolific batsman, said the tourists would be hurting ahead of the second Test against West Indies which begins in Antigua on Thursday.

Foakes replaced injured wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow for the first two Tests in Sri Lanka last November. He scored a century on debut and was named man of the series.