Michael Vaughan makes big claim, sets massive target for Joe Root: ‘…he really could overtake Sachin Tendulkar’
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has set a massive target for batting maestro Joe Root after he scored his 32nd Test century against West Indies in the 2nd Test. The former England captain further makes a big claim that Root also has a chance to overtake Sachin Tendulkar's 15921 runs tally in future to become the all-time highest run-getter in Test cricket. "Joe Root will become England’s leading run-scorer in the next few months and is so special that he really could overtake Sachin Tendulkar eventually. Most runs in Test cricket Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 Sachin Tendulkar 200 329 33 15921 248* 53.78 54.04 51 Ricky Ponting 168 287 29 13378 257 51.85 58.72 41 Jacques Kallis 166 280 40 13289 224 55.37 45.97 45 Rahul Dravid 164 286 32 13288 270 52.31 42.51 36 Alastair Cook 161 291 16 12472 294 45.35 46.95 33 Kumar Sangakkara 134 233 17 12400 319 57.4 54.19 38 Brian Lara 131 232 6 11953 400* 52.88 60.51 34 Joe Root 142* 260 22 11940 254 56.63 56.54 32 Amongst the current crop of players, Root, 33, has the most realistic chance to break Tendulkar's record, as no other active player has scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket.
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