Sachin Tendulkar breaks silence on Joe Root closing in on his all-time Test record

India’s batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Monday shared his thoughts on England ace batter Joe Root nearing his all-time runs tally record in Test Cricket.

Tendulkar has amassed 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches in his legendary career spanning 24 years.

He called his time on his career in 2013 against the West Indies as the highest run scorer in Test cricket with 51 centuries and 68 fifties and since then, his record has remained intact.

England’s Joe Root, who recently broke the 13,000 runs barrier, is on the verge of surpassing Tendulkar’s tally and is now only second to the little master.

The 34-year-old Root, who is still 2,378 runs behind Tendulkar, is tipped by former cricketers to break the record, considering the number of test matches England plays each year.

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Now, Sachin Tendulkar has commented on Root’s run tally, recalling the talismanic batter’s debut, which was in 2012 against India.

Most runs in Test cricket

Sachin Tendulkar (India) — 15921
Joe Root (England) — 13543*
Ricky Ponting (Australia) — 13378
Jacques Kallis (South Africa) — 13289
Rahul Dravid (India) — 13288

“To have gone past 13000 runs is a remarkable achievement, and he’s still going strong,” said Tendulkar.

“When I saw him for the first time in Nagpur in 2012 during his debut Test, I told my teammates that they were watching the future captain of England,” he recalled.

Sachin Tendulkar further mentioned the adaptability of Root and his impact on the game, mentioning the first instance of playing in India.

What impressed me most was the way he was able to assess the wicket and how he rotated the strike. I knew at that very moment that he would be a big player,” he said.

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