'He Could Potentially Do That..'-Ricky Ponting Backs Joe Root To Break Sachin's Record
Ricky Ponting and Joe Root- (X.com)
England will play a three-Test match series against Sri Lanka starting on August 21. Eyes would be on Joe Root, who would look to further close the run-gap between him and Sachin Tendulkar.
Notably, Root is the seventh leading run-getter in Test cricket with 12027 runs. The 33-year-old required less than 4000 runs to pip Sachin to become the leading run-getter in Test cricket.
Several cricket experts have backed Joe Root to break Tendulkar's record, and in the latest events, Australia legend Ricky Ponting has joined the bandwagon and backed Root to go past the master blaster. He Said:
"He is 33 years of age (more than) 3,000 runs behind. It depends on how many Test matches they play, but if they're playing 10 to 14 Test matches a year, and if you're scoring 800 to 1,000 runs a year, then that sort of says he's only three or four years off getting there. So that'll take him to 37 (years of age). If his hunger's still there, then there's every chance that he could do it."
Ponting Sheds Light On Root's Special Ability
"He is someone that in the last couple of years has got better and better. There's always talk around batters reaching their prime in their early 30s, and he's certainly done that. It's been his conversion rates being the big thing. Four or five years ago, he was making a lot of 50s and struggling to go on and make hundreds, and he's gone the other way recently. Almost every time he gets to 50 now, he goes on and makes a big hundred. So that's been the real turnaround for him," Ponting added.
Recently, Kumar Sangakkara also backed Root to go past Tendulkar to become the leading run-getter in Test cricket.
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