Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root
Sachin Tendulkar Test Runs: Sachin Tendulkar… God of Cricket. Whose breaking big records like Himalaya is like chewing iron gram for any batsman. It is the dream of cricketers to reach near his records. He has the highest number of centuries, runs, half-centuries and fours in his name in the world of cricket. He is also the player who has played the most number of matches and won the most Player of the Series awards. His great records remain intact till today. But for some time now, England’s Joe Root has performed in such a way that Sachin’s record seems to be in danger. Cricket pundits have started believing that if any batsman can break Sachin’s record of scoring most runs in Tests, then it is Root.
Joe Root made his test debut in 2012
Joe Root turns 34 today and he is celebrating his birthday. He was born on 30 December 1990 in Yorkshire city. He made his debut for England in Test cricket in 2012 against India in Nagpur. After his debut, he played many brilliant innings for the England team and after that there was no looking back. After this, just one year later in 2013, he made his debut in ODI. He has been in and out of the England ODI team and has not been able to make his permanent place.
Root is in excellent form
In Test cricket, Joe Root has been an important pivot of England’s batting attack and has single-handedly rescued the team from difficult situations many times. He has been performing very well for some time now and is scoring a lot of runs with the bat. After the year 2020, he has shown a different class in Test cricket and has emerged as the biggest match winner for the team.
Tendulkar is the highest run scoring batsman
Joe Root has so far scored a total of 12972 runs in 152 Test matches for England, which includes 36 centuries and 65 half-centuries. He is the fifth highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket. Whereas the number one throne is with the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has 15921 runs in his name. Now Root needs 2950 runs to break Tendulkar’s record of most Test runs. If he breaks this great record of Sachin, he will create a historical record in the world of cricket.
Batsmen who scored the most runs in Test cricket:
- Sachin Tendulkar- 15921 runs
- Ricky Ponting- 13378 runs
- Jacques Kallis- 13289 runs
- Rahul Dravid- 13288 runs
- Joe Root- 12972 runs
Has scored 16 centuries in ODI cricket
Joe Root was a member of the team that won the ODI World Cup 2019 for England. Apart from Tests, he has scored a total of 6522 runs in 171 ODI matches for the England team, which includes 16 centuries. Apart from this, he has 893 runs in his name in 32 T20 International matches.
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