Mighty Joe

I've noticed that he gets frustrated in ODIs as he often has to abandon his natural game and take risks to score runs. However, in Test cricket, Joe Root shows why he's ranked as the number one batsman in the world today:

5 Batters with more centuries than Root in Test cricket - Sachin Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45), Ricky Ponting (41), Kumar Sangakkara (38) and Rahul Dravid (36). Root is level with Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Mahela Jayawardene, and Younis Khan on 34 Test hundreds.

He has scored a staggering 17 test centuries in just 4 years. He can certainly bypass Ponting to be in the top three. Though, the great Tendulkar is too far. Either way, he'll cement his status as the best English test player ever.