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Either way he is at 13115 runs now.
Not much time left until he surpasses Ponting and Dravid
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Either way he is at 13115 runs now.
Sachin Tendulkar reached 14,000 Test runs in 279 innings.
Joe Root is currently on 13,115 Test runs in 283 innings.
Coming from you it holds so much 'value'.I think Root is better than Tendulkar in terms of impact runs.
Tendulkar was the king of soft runs.
Naw Tenda is defo > Root atm.I think Root is better than Tendulkar in terms of impact runs.
Tendulkar was the king of soft runs.
You are replying to an idiot. He will pick any non Indian player over an Indian player. You must have known by now.Naw Tenda is defo > Root atm.
Root needs to get his avg to 40 vs Aus in aus and improve his avg to 53 first.
He is behind atm. Although the arguments of the clown gang is moronic. But it is to be expected as their stupid.
Only Hitman has presented a solid argument on sachin hitting 14K runs much faster then root
I already listed the metrics root needs to be > Tendulkar.You are replying to an idiot. He will pick any non Indian player over an Indian player. You must have known by now.
He is not even half as good as Ponting.I already listed the metrics root needs to be > Tendulkar.
1) Get an avg of 40 vs Aus or >
2) Ideally get his avg to 40 on the upcoming bamgladesh tour but this mwtric isnt too important
3) Raise his avg to 53 or above.
Problem is Root is so bad at chasing high totals and impact that even with these metrics fans will bring up his soft scores and impacts as well.
He will probably surpass Dravid and Ponting overall but I highly doubt anyone will view root > those 2 since those 2 played high impact knocks while root is just too meek in comparison
Peak Ponting is 100x > Root obviously.He is not even half as good as Ponting.
Joe Root never scored test hundred against Australia in Australia. Sachin has 6Naw Tenda is defo > Root atm.
Root needs to get his avg to 40 vs Aus in aus and improve his avg to 53 first.
He is behind atm. Although the arguments of the clown gang is moronic. But it is to be expected as their stupid.
Only Hitman has presented a solid argument on sachin hitting 14K runs much faster then root
What is the big deal in Root overtaking Sachin. If he does so be it. Records are meant to be broken. Root has a better chance of breaking as he has 5 test series against two different countries. So he gets to play a lot of tests. IT is totally okay him being the highest run getter in history.
He won't overtake Bradman. He will eventually fall below that mark. That's still slightly less then 400 runs required in 3 tests.Exactly, Records are meant to be broken. For eg. Gill has scored 580 odd runs in 2 tests this series and is on track to be the first batsman ever to score 1000 runs in a series, overtaking Bradman’s record of 974 runs. If he does so, will that make him a better batsman than Bradman?
What is the big deal in Root overtaking Sachin. If he does so be it. Records are meant to be broken. Root has a better chance of breaking as he has 5 test series against two different countries. So he gets to play a lot of tests. IT is totally okay him being the highest run getter in history.
He played like 50 testsSo true.
Bradman isn’t even in Top 10 anymore in terms of runs scorer.
He played like 50 tests. Has anyone ever scored 6996 runs after just playing 52 tests?
I'd like to see them try
I agree. I can't even surpass Bradman on ps5He’s far ahead of anyone that’s why the undisputed greatest batsman / Cricketer ever. Probably even the greatest sportsman ever
I agree. I can't even surpass Bradman on ps5.
Tbf I play on the hardest difficulty, otherwise id avg like 500 on easy bit still. With realistic AI, I can't surpass Bradman on a bloody PlayStation.
Forget about real life.
Bruv you left out Reifel, Gillespie, Akhtar, Lee, Cork, Hoggard, and Flintoff.And Sachin faced Wasim, Waqar, Donald, Pollock, Bond, Walsh, Ambrose, Vaas, Murali, Warne, Ntini, Anderson etc on better pitches
I reason that as him playing a limited number of players in a limited number of environments. I think that familiarity can account for some of that success.He was just cut from a different cloth.
The greatest revelation is forget that he played 60 odd tests but he actually has absolutely same record in all the first class cricket he played. He has like 25k first class runs at 99+
What a freak batsman
He has equaled ponting and kallis for most 50+100 as well.Joe Root notches up his 67th half-century at Lords against India in the 3rd Test...He is now just one shy of equaling Sachin Tendulkar's record of 68 half-centuries in Test format.
They are still holding grudge for Tendulkar breaking Anwar's 194 record lolSachin Tendulkar - Indian
Joe Root - English
Worried - Pakistani fans
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Can also be that Centurion knock or 3 man of the match performances against them in world cup.They are still holding grudge for Tendulkar breaking Anwar's 194 record lol
Imran started it by being obsessed with finding a Pakistani answer to Sachin.They are still holding grudge for Tendulkar breaking Anwar's 194 record lol
He has a 50+ avg in every country except Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan and India.Imran started it by being obsessed with finding a Pakistani answer to Sachin.
I don't understand why some think that Root getting the record for most runs will put him in the league of Gavaskar and Ponting, leave alone Sachin, Lara, Viv or Smith in test cricket.
The praise for Root towards the end of his career is like the praise Kallis and Sanga got at that stage of their careers. He is superior to both, but my point is, it will soon fade away. Root reduction doesn't always need to come from a place of insecurity for Indians. Even almost all English will agree.He has a 50+ avg in every country except Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan and India.
India, Bangladesh and Pakistan curated duatbowls to deal with him. We all saw sone of the rubbish pitches given to him in pakistan, Bangladesh and india. Despite this he avg 45 and 47 in india and Pakistan.
Bangladesh he avg 27 but hes onpy played 2 games here. England tours Bangladesh. Assuming fair pitches, Root will easily raise his avg to 40 their as well.
Aus is the onpy place he struggles and has to pull his socks up
The fact he avg > 50 on any non duatbowl pitch and excluding Aus puts his record > Sachin.
Hes also been avg 54-55 for the past 4 years.
Root's issue was that unlike sachin and Steve smith who avg 61 and 65 in prime and then declined, Root took the opposite route.
He avg below 50, he use to be a 47 avg batter before his revival in test where he dominated pist 2019.
Its time to accept that he excluding Aus, he has been > Sachin in literally every conditon.
This downplay and insecurity is hilarious.
Now that his avg has reached 51 he has already surpassed ponting.
He surpasses Ponting in every metric. Root's 35 avg is nowhere near as embrassing as Pinting 26 avg in India back when india disnt curate dustbowls.
If you wanna apply the filter towards Ponting that he avg 62 in Prime, well newsflash no one truly cares. Ponting fell off like a truck post 2006 in test cricket.
Ponting 51 Avg, > 40 avg in every country where hes played 5+ games except india where he avg 26, with 13378 runs
Root 51 avg > 40 avg in every country where hes played 5 or more games except aus where he avg 35 not to mention he is closing on run tally as well.
its time to accept root has pulled ahead of Ponting and may pull ahead of Sachin if he has a successful Ashes.
The only argument for Sachin now is that the bowlers he had to face like Ambrose, Anderson, Mcgrath, Warne, Wasim etc etc were tougher then what root is facing in the form of deep, pradish, Shaheen Shah Afridi etc etc
Wdym by fade Away? I dont give a crap about popularity or hype. I respect you alot as a poster but if thats the metric you use to measure a player success then you need to seriously reconsider your approach.The praise for Root towards the end of his career is like the praise Kallis and Sanga got at that stage of their careers. He is superior to both, but my point is, it will soon fade away. Root reduction doesn't always need to come from a place of insecurity for Indians. Even almost all English will agree.
Root is now extremely close to surpassing Ponting as a test batter.I hope Root will surpass Tendulkar just like I hope other non-Indian players will also break other Indian records.
It can reduce the hubris of Indian fans.
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