Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root: Who Is Better After 151 Test Matches?

Sachin Tendulkar and Joe Root [Source: @Arnavv43, @ImTanujSingh/x.com]

Joe Root has recently brought up his 36th Test century in the second Test against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve in Wellington. The English maestro achieved this feat in 151 Tests and in his 276th innings. With this century he is just 15 Hundreds and 3,035 runs awa from over taking Sachin Tendulkar's record for most centuries and most runs in the purest format of the game.

As Joe Root draws closer to the stellar record, comparisons between the two batters are being drawn by the fans. However, in this article let us take a look at the record of the two batters after 151 Test matches.

Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root: Overall Record After 151 Test Matches

Categories	Sachin Tendulkar	Joe Root
Matches	151	151
Innings	246	276
Runs	11,939	12,886
Average	54.02	50.93
50s	49	64
100s	39	36

If we see the overall record of the two players, then we can see that by the 151st Test match of their career, Joe Root has batted in 30 more innings than Sachin Tendulkar. While the English batter has scored 12,886 runs, Sachin had 11,939 runs in 151 matches. If we talk about the average then Tendulkar's Test average after 151 matches is way ahead of Joe Root, also on the century count the Indian great is ahead. However, Joe Root has more half-centuries while after same number of matches.

Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root: Consistency After 151 Matches

If we talk about consistency then we look above average and just take the Runs Per Innings into account.

By his 151st Test match, Sachin Tendulkar has maintaned a level of consistency where he scored around 48 runs per innings. On the other hand, Joe Root has so far scored 46 runs per innings.

Thus, it is clear that Sachin Tendulkar had been more consistent than Joe Root.

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Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root: Rate Of Scoring Centuries

Let us look at the number of innings taken by the two players to score their Test centuries. By his 151st Test match, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 39 Test centuries. If we look at his frequency of his century scoring then, he used to score a Hundred every 6th (approx) innings he batted.

On the other hand, Joe Root has 36 Test centuries under his belt in 151 Test matches. If we look at his innings per century, then Root has taken around 8 innings (approx) to score a Hundred in his career.

So, as far as efficiency and impact for his team is considered, we can see that by the 151st Test match in their career Sachin Tendulkar was ahead of Joe Root.