Joe Root will break Sachin Tendulkar’s record and score 16 thousand runs in Tests! This legend’s statement created a stir

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Joe Root vs Sachin Tendulkar: When Sachin Tendulkar scored more than 15,000 runs in Test cricket, it was believed that it would be very difficult for any batsman to reach this record. But now for some time, it seems that this record will also be broken. Former England captain Joe Root has come very close to Sachin Tendulkar, but it will still take time for him to leave Sachin behind. The root is currently the closest to Sachin’s record. 

Joe Root is the most Test run-scoring active cricketer.

Joe Root is currently around 33 years old. He has scored 12,716 runs in Test cricket so far. The highest run-scorer in Tests is Sachin Tendulkar. He has scored 15,921 runs. In this way, Joe Root is only 3205 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar, which is not much. Joe Root is currently in the fifth position on the list of batsmen who have scored the most Test runs. Meanwhile, a statement by Alastair Cook has created a stir in the cricket world. Talking to the ICC, he said that he feels that Joe Root can create such a record for the England team, which will be very difficult to break. But he admitted that anything can happen in the meantime. He said that hopefully if Joe Root does not become the first batsman to score 16,000 Test runs, then he can come very close to it. This will be a great achievement.

This batsman is still between Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root.

After Sachin Tendulkar, the second-highest run-scorer in Tests is Rahul Dravid, who has scored 13,288 runs. South Africa’s Jacques Kallis is third on the list, who has scored 13,289 runs. After this comes Ricky Ponting, who has scored 13,378 runs in Tests. Sachin Tendulkar may be out of Joe Root’s reach, but he can overtake other batsmen anytime. Anyway, during the Test series being played against Pakistan, Joe Root became the highest run scorer for England. He had overtaken his own country’s player Alastair Cook. Now Root is going to target some more batsmen. 

Joe Root is also the number one batsman in the ICC Test rankings. 

Joe Root is currently the number one batsman in the ICC Test rankings. He has achieved the highest rating at this time. This is also his all-time high rating. If he continues to bat like this, the day is not far when he can be seen leaving behind the legendary batsman Don Bradman in terms of the highest rating. Currently, Joe Root’s rating is 932. Joe Root is currently in Pakistan, where a three-test match series is being played. Two matches have been played, now the third match will be played in Rawalpindi from October 24. Everyone’s eyes will be on Joe Root in this match. It remains to be seen how he performs in this match.