India, May 23 -- England batter Joe Root, on Thursday, inched closer to India legend Sachin Tendulkar's ultimate feat in Test cricket after he reached another milestone with his knock of 34 runs in the one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Zimbabwe's return to English shores after a 22-year hiatus was dampened by the merciless hosts as they finished Day 1 of the four-day game with 498 runs for the loss of just three wickets after all the top three batters scored their respective tons.

Root, unfortunately, was the only top-order batter to miss out on a ton after scores of 124, 140 and unbeaten 169 from Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett and Ollie Pope on Day 1 of the match. However, en route to the 44-ball knock, laced with thr...