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The route now ranks second on the list of all-time test run scorers-and there is a much more civilized chance that it ends over the pile before the end of his career.
The England batsman pushed Rahul Dravid, Jacks Kalis and Ricky Ponting into the past while he scored the 38th Test ton – three days of the fourth Test against India at the UAE Old Trafford and now it is only Sachin Tendulkar keeping him away from the top.
The route has a way to eclipses a small master’s group of 15,921. He needs more 2,513 runs to become number 1.
Indian batting Great Sachin Tendulkar is a run scorer with 15,921 runs in Test cricket
Will the eclipse be Tendulkar?
Sky Sports Cricket’s’ Michael Ethererton:
“Root on average scores 85 85 Test matches, so he will need 30 Test matches to reach Sachin.
“You never know what is ahead in the case of Satan’s injuries, the game can be a cruel mistress, but looking at a strong wind, it should fight Tendulkar in almost two and a half years.
“Seeing how she’s playing now – she’s played the best – and this game has no lack of love and desire, the number will potentially take care of itself.”
Only three players who have a more test century than the route
Sky Sports Cricket Ricky Ponting:
“The way the Root’s career has gone, is not the reason why he will not go to Tendulkar in the past.
“He has changed from someone who could not kick fifty to get hundreds. Now every time it comes to this mark, it is asleep – and a big hundred!
“I fought on average over 60 after 100 Test matches, but then he dropped very dramatically, but since the technique is very good, I think he’ll have less problems than others.”
You see all the batsmen in the changing room and everyone has taken something from. It is not necessary that in terms of technique, but more than the way he goes about his cricket and his training. The way he is with the fans is a role model for the next generation.
Root’s England team partner Oli Pope:
“He likes to play for England in Test cricket more than anything, so I am sure if his body allows … he apparently makes it a place in No. 1.
“I think he just wants to play as long as he can.
“His enthusiasm still has to play Test cricket, which is his hunger for him, I won’t be surprised if he can chase Tendulkar.”
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Oli Pope speaks about the ‘Roll Model’ route in shining terms and explains what other players have learned from them
What makes the ‘problem solving’ root so good?
Root’s high test hole – which is now 13,409 – Ponting has more than 11 matches than 13,357, and an innings has said in recent years, the former England captain has said with a special purple patch.
During the first 97 Tests of the route, he struggled with his conversion rate, which scored only 17 centuries to 49 fifty, but since the beginning of 2021, he has made 21 tonnes in his 60 hats, which has changed more than half of his half -centuries.
Ponting added: “The first thing that comes to me is that he is the only classic test match batsman.
“He never seems to be under pressure, never hurry, always seems to be in control of what he wants to do – regardless of whether the bowler and the circumstances.
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Sky Sports Pandit Nasir Hussain and Ricky Ponting discuss that the root is so good.
“Like all the great people, he finds a way through the experience of not making mistakes. He puts a higher price on his wicket.
“What makes the best players? The best is that they are about to solve the big problem.
“Route, for a period of his career, had a problem with the LBW, and got stuck on his crease. He was pushed back to the balls, which he could potentially come forward.
“So what did he do? He got ready and moved his back foot on the crease line on the crease line to six inches out of the crease line, near the bowler to remove the LBW.
“These are small changes, but it is not easy to do so when you do not work so easy with your techniques and your routines.
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Root won his 38th Test century against India at Emirates Old Trafford for three days
“You talk about skill and class, but you can’t even diminish the mental ability of things. He still has hunger and desire to find ways to get better and better.
“Trust me, it is not easy to get your age.”
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