Will Joe Root Break Sachin Tendulkar’s Most Test Runs Record?
In the never-ending world of record creation, there is one record that has been standing tall even after the player’s retirement. Here we are talking about the record for most runs in test format by a cricket player and there is only one name that comes into every cricket fan aka Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. A player who is considered the God of cricket has this record to his name and currently, one player has been coming close to breaking this record.
Sachin who had a long-lasting impact on cricket has broken records during his time as a player, and there are still few records that are on his name even after years of retirement. However lately in the current generation of players, one named “Joe Root” has been in the race to beat this most runs in test record.
Joe Root is an England player who is considered a wonderful unorthodox batsman, where he is having a long-lasting impact on the longest format of the game. His style of play has always caught the eyes of people over the years, now currently look at his form it seems like he is catching up to beat Sachin and become the leading run scorer in test format.
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Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar Comparison
There is no doubt that Sachin is far ahead of what Joe Root has accomplished in his career. Not only in terms of runs Sachin had a larger impact on the audience and even on the game when compared to Joe Root. Root who has been considered among the current Fab Four has still a lot more to prove in order to reach where Sachin left off.
Sachin Tendulkar Smashed 15921 in 329 innings with 51 fifties and 68 half-centuries. However, Sachin has retired from test cricket after playing his 200th test on 16th November 2013. While Joe Root who has currently played 260 innings has smashed 11940 runs with 32 centuries and 62 fifties.
So if we do proper maths then Joe Root who is currently an active player is just 3,982 runs away from breaking Sachin’s record and becoming the leading run scorer in test format. Joe Root is currently 33 years old and with not much time left on his hands, it will be a difficult task for Root to break this milestone. However, in this game of cricket, anything can happen and god knows with consistent performances Joe Root might catch to this incredible feat.
Conclusion:
In just few thousand runs away from creating history, Root is all set to mark his name into the records books. Even though the likelihood of him beating this record is very realistic the chances are never zero. Joe Root is a legend in the game of test cricket, but his level is far behind what Sachin has achieved in his career.
