Will Joe Root beat Sachin Tendulkar's record in Tests for most runs?

[mominsaigol]

What is the point of most runs scored?

What is his batting average in India? Less than 45

I repeat, the scoreline of 14-8 tells us that Root has mostly accumulated soft runs vs India and not been able to help his country from getting ashamed and embarrassed when playing vs India. Such has been the dominance that England have been forced to accept that in cricket, India are their real Abu and that too during a period when one of their so called greatest test player played the game.

If I am an Indian bowler, I am more than happy conceding runs to Root but in return help my country win more games than he would. They have all the reasons to feel proud that they have spanked England team alongwith their best player far more times in a head to head record.

Sachin India vs classic Australia uptill 2007

Match 1: Lost
Match 2: Lost
Match 3: Draw
Match 4: Lost
Match 5: Lost
Match 6: won
Match 7: won
Match 8: Won
Match 9: Lost
Match 10: Lost
Match 11: Lost
Match 12: Lost
Match 13: Lost
Match 14: Won
Match 15: won
Match 16: Draw
Match 17: won
Match 18: Lost
Match 19: Draw
Match 20: Lost
Match 21: Won
Match 22: Lost

Sachin 7, classic Australia 12, Draw 3.

So what point are you making? India didnt start dominating Aus in test until after 2008 when their legends started retiring?

So what point are you trying to make towards @Mamoon

 

[Mamoon]

Indians have to come up with excuses to downplay Root if he overtakes Tendulkar. The easiest one would be to say that he has scored vs weaker attacks, but they can’t play that card because he has dominated Indian bowling who apparently is one of the greatest attacks ever.

So the next excuse is to talk about the results of the India v England matches as if it will change Root’s run tally.

 

[mominsaigol]

Indians have to come up with excuses to downplay Root if he overtakes Tendulkar. The easiest one would be to say that he has scored vs weaker attacks, but they can’t play that card because he has dominated Indian bowling who apparently is one of the greatest attacks ever.

So the next excuse is to talk about the results of the India v England matches as if it will change Root’s run tally.

Root avg 50+ in every country excluding Aus, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, India and Pakistan curated dustbowls.

Despite this he avg 45 and 47 against Pakistan and India in their own dens.

Aus is the only question mark. This flat track nonsense is ridiculous and false.

It has never been backed up by any number, metric or performance.

 

[Ab Fan]

That is literally the only point that matters when it comes to Root overtaking Tendulkar as the leading run scorer in Test history.

But this is a precursor to how Indians fans will heal their wounds if he breaks the record. They will say that it doesn’t matter because Root lost to India more often than he beat India.

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Let Root first get close to Tendulkar’s runs tally as he is still a long way to go. There is no point living in a delusional and imaginary world and jumping the bandwagon this early. Let this happen and then we will be happy to acknowledge his greatness.

But let’s not forget about what has already happened and the fact is that Indian bowlers have tamed England more often than not in last 10 years and as a result of which, they are well ahead of England in head to head record, which reads as India leading 14-8. This is humiliating for their main player Root and as a result, the reality is that in cricket, Indian bowlers are actually the real Abu of England cricket team.

Nevertheless, it is lovely to see you and your fellow Pakistani fans trying hard to make a strong case for Joe Root from last few years even though you guys keep on changing your father figure every now and then in a hope that someone will come and break Sachin’s record of most runs atleast in one format because it is pretty much impossible for anyone to do it in ODI cricket.