According to Ricky Ponting This Star can Break Sachin Tendulkar’s Record Of Runs In Test Cricket

Former captain of Australia cricket team Ricky ponting said that Joe Root as the potential to surpass batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s tally of runs in Test cricket, provided the England batting mainstay stays ‘hungry’ and keeps scoring at a consistent rate for the next four years. During the Edgbaston Test against the West Indies Root became only the seventh batter in the history of the conventional format to cross the 12,000-run mark – a feat. With 12,027 runs in 143 Tests at 50.11 with 32 centuries and 63 fifties so far, Root is also overall the seventh highest run-scorer in Tests and could overtake Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (12,400 runs) and his former teammate Alastair Cook (12,472) soon. Tendulkar leads the table with 15921 runs from 200 Tests.

Ponting, who is on second behind Tendulkar in the list with 13,378 runs from 168 Tests, told, “Root could potentially do that. He is 33 years of age…(more than) 3000 runs behind.”

The legendary Australian further said, “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 1,000 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).”

Ponting said Root will need to remain hungry for runs and the England batter has got the age on his side to aim for the Test record.

 

Aug 15, 2024 3:19 PM