Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting reckoned that Joe Root may surpass batting legend Sachin Tendulkar‘s tally of runs in Check cricket, supplied the England batting mainstay stays ‘hungry’ and retains scoring at a constant price for the following 4 years. Root turned solely the seventh batter within the historical past of the traditional format to cross the 12,000-run mark – a feat he achieved not too long ago throughout the Edgbaston Check in opposition to the West Indies. With 12,027 runs in 143 Assessments at 50.11 with 32 centuries and 63 fifties up to now, Root can also be general the seventh highest run-scorer in Assessments and will overtake Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (12,400 runs) and his former teammate Alastair Cook dinner (12,472) quickly.
Tendulkar leads the desk with 15921 runs from 200 Assessments.
Ponting, who sits second behind Tendulkar within the checklist with 13,378 runs from 168 Assessments, advised The ICC Evaluate, “He (Root) may probably do this. He’s 33 years of age…(greater than) 3000 runs behind.”
“It relies upon what number of Check matches they play, but when they’re taking part in 10 to 14 Check matches a yr and when you’re scoring 800 to 1,000 runs a yr, then that kind of says he is solely three or 4 years off getting there. In order that’ll take him to 37 (years of age),” stated the legendary Australian.
Ponting stated Root might want to stay hungry for runs and the England batter has bought the age on his aspect to goal for the Check report.
“If his starvation’s nonetheless there, then there’s each probability that he may do it. He’s somebody that within the final couple of years has bought higher and higher,” Ponting stated.
“There’s at all times speak round batters reaching their prime of their early 30s and he is definitely accomplished that. It has been his conversion charges being the massive factor,” he stated.
Ponting stated Root appeared to have overcome his lack of ability to transform half-centuries into huge scores.
“4 or 5 years in the past, he was making numerous 50s and struggling to go on and make tons of and he is gone the opposite approach not too long ago,” Ponting stated.
“Virtually each time he will get to 50 now, he goes on and makes a giant hundred. In order that’s been the true turnaround for him,” he added.
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