Sachin Tendulkar Test Runs: Sachin Tendulkar... God of Cricket. Breaking his Himalayan records is a tough task for any batsman. It is the dream of cricketers to reach anywhere near his records. He has the highest number of centuries, runs, half-centuries and fours in the world of cricket. He is also the player who has played the most matches and won the most Player of the Series awards. His great records are intact till date. But for some time now, England's Joe Root has performed in such a way that one of Sachin's records is in danger. Cricket pundits have started believing that if any batsman can break Sachin's record of scoring the most runs in Tests, then it is Root. 

Joe Root made his Test debut in 2012

Joe Root is 34 years old today and he is celebrating his birthday. He was born on 30 December 1990 in the city of Yorkshire. He made his debut for England in Test cricket against India in Nagpur in 2012. After his debut, he played many brilliant innings for the England team and never looked back. After this, he made his ODI debut a year later in 2013. He has been in and out of England's ODI team and has not been able to make a permanent place for himself.

Root is in excellent form  

Joe Root has remained a key pivot of England's batting attack in Test cricket and has single-handedly pulled the team out of difficult situations many times. He has been performing very well for some time now and is scoring a lot of runs with the bat. After the year 2020, he has shown a different class in Test cricket and has emerged as the biggest match winner for the team. 

Tendulkar is the highest run scorer

Joe Root has scored a total of 12972 runs in 152 Test matches for England so far, which includes 36 centuries and 65 half-centuries. He is the fifth highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket. While the number one throne is held by the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has 15921 runs to his name. Now Root needs 2950 runs to break Tendulkar's record of most Test runs. If he breaks this great record of Sachin, he will create a historic record in the world of cricket. 

Batsmen who scored the most runs in Test cricket: 

• Sachin Tendulkar - 15921 runs
• Ricky Ponting - 13378 runs
• Jacques Kallis - 13289 runs
• Rahul Dravid - 13288 runs
• Joe Root – 12972 runs

He has scored 16 centuries in ODI cricket

Joe Root was a member of the ODI World Cup 2019 winning team for England. Apart from Tests, he has scored a total of 6522 runs in 171 ODIs for the England team, which includes 16 centuries. Apart from this, he has 893 runs to his name in 32 T20 International matches.