IND vs ENG: ‘There is absolutely no reason why he will not go past Tendulkar’: Ricky Ponting backs Joe Root to break Sachin’s record

While England Batsman Joe Root scored his 38th Test century on the third day of the Manchester Test against India on Friday, the 34-year-old also surpassed Ricky Ponting (13,378 runs), Jacques Kallis (13,289 runs) and Rahul Dravid (13,288 runs) in the list of leading run-scorers in Test cricket. The England batsman is now only 2512 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 15,921 runs. While Tendulkar made the record playing 200 Tests, Root has become the second-highest run scorer in Tests with a total of 13,409 runs in 157 Tests, and former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes he sees no reason why Root cannot break Tendulkar’s record.

“Magnificent from Joe Root. This is a great moment in history. The way his career has gone, there is absolutely no reason why he will not go past Tendulkar. He is elegant, stylish, hungry. He has made it clear he is not one for stats and you are not when you are playing, but when you finish you can be proud of what you have achieved,” Ponting told Sky Sports.

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