England Great Praises Joe Root
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Joe Root Goes Past Ricky Ponting
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The 34-year-old surpassed three legends in one day as he cemented his place among the greats – and helped England strengthen their lead
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.
England's Joe Root has moved closer to cricketing immortality with his latest test innings against India at his favourite venue.
Former India player Saba Karim has lauded Joe Root for scoring a century in England's first innings of the fourth Test of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.
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Root and Ollie Pope (71) formed a 144-run partnership to get England off to a good start on the third day, having started Friday's action at 225-2
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Joe Root scored an impressive 150, moving to second place among leading Test run-scorers, as England built a significant lead over India in the fourth Test.
Joe Root has scored 21 hundreds over the course of the last four years. He is now inching towards Sachin Tendulkar's long-standing record of most Test runs.