If cricket is an art then Sachin Tendulkar is the Picasso of it and Sachin Tendulkar has created his universe of records in world cricket. Virat Kohli has surpassed his record for scoring the most centuries in ODIs which is now the new record.
Current batter Joe Root has surpassed everyone behind and is competing with legends, recently he surpassed Brian Lara in test runs, and now he is marching toward big names like Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin holds the record for the highest number of test runs i.e. 15,921 runs.
Ricky Ponting feels Joe Root may surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record
Joe Root has evolved as the best batter of test cricket and is playing out-of-league cricket, Joe Root hasn’t stopped himself he has scored a couple of centuries in the last 3 years which boosted his game pretty much. Aussie legend Ricky Ponting feels Joe Root may surpass Sachin Tendulkar in sort of runs if he plays for the next 3-4 years. Ricky Ponting said:
“He (Joe Root) could potentially do that. He is 33 years of age…(more than) 3000 runs behind. It depends how many Test matches they play, but if they’re playing 10 to 14 Test matches a year and if you’re scoring 800 to 1000 runs a year, then that sort of says he’s only three or four years off getting there. So that’ll take him to 37 (years of age). If his hunger’s still there, then there’s every chance that he could do it.”
“He is someone that in the last couple of years has got better and better. There’s always talk around batters reaching their prime in their early 30s and he’s certainly done that,” said Ponting.
“It’s been his conversion rates being the big thing. Four or five years ago, he was making a lot of 50s and struggling to go on and make hundreds and he’s gone the other way recently. Almost every time he gets to 50 now, he goes on and makes a big hundred. So that’s been the real turnaround for him.”