Can Joe Root go past Sachin Tendulkar in Test cricket? |

[@DennisMpofu-wv5zo]

Jarrod Kimber's analysis removes depression

[@nazalmoideen]

Very true

[@Sid-e5y]

People don't realise how important longevity is,tendulkars average was the same as Smith at 175 test matches,and that is after starting at a much earlier age than Smith,if Smith plays 200 tests from here there's no guarantee that his average will even stay over 50,and Tendulkar did that by being the best odi batter of his time as well unlike Smith,he's literally a combination of root and kohlis records

[@satishrao1891]

Bro smith apne peak me itne test nhi khela jitne tendulkar ne khele hai ye bhi dekho smith ki peak was greater than every test batsmen ever except may be bradmen..

[@Sid-e5y]

@@satishrao1891 yeah but there averages are same now so it doesn't matter at all,just because Mitchell Johnson or Archer had one good year doesn't mean they can be considered the goat,you need to maintain this over a period of time

[@satishrao1891]

@@Sid-e5y Bro i think you are not understanding smith 1.5 year ban 2020 covid me khela hi nhi agar khelta toh abhi 11000+ runs hote with a average arround 60..sachin played more matches before 30 age thats make difference.. after 30 or 32 every player slows down smith still has 3-4 years lets see how he finishes..

[@satishrao1891]

@@Sid-e5y I am not saying smith is better than tendulakar overall but impact of smith in test and match winning ability is greater than tendulkar..

[@Sid-e5y]

@@satishrao1891 Smith also didn't play when he was 16,if he would have his average would be somewhere near 52,not even 57,that's what I'm trying to say,most people can score a lot of runs in their prime but very few can do it when they are going or old

[@sushant832]

Well said. People talk about form and numbers to predict but forget the mental game factor. While I root for Root to get there, I know this is going to be one of the toughest challenges.

[@higherpower254]

Sachin had his ATG peak from 34-37 by the end of which his career average was 57 after 175 tests

[@EltWilder]

He’s pretty good at cricket.

[@Ajay.369v]

Sachin had machine like consistency ,even in his old age till 2011 wcup Even after 2011 wcup ,he was scoring 70s and 80s . The best /talented batter i hav ever seen is Sachin (after 1990s).

[@Ajay.369v]

The only player with multiple peaks after Gary Sobers is Sachin.

[@alanbhattarai]

joe root is a fckin legend

[@AleaIactaEst2009]

Well he's 262 runs closer after that last game. :) Doesn't hurt the average.

[@nikunjdixit3225]

It’s quite funny that Jarrod’s model predicts Root to get there in the exact same number of tests. It’s all about longevity, fitness, and hunger. And these are factors that no one can quantify. Sachin had heaps of injuries in his mid 30’s, which coincided with the dip in his form.

[@IrrelevantGuy]

Jarrod did talk about all that before

[@abhinashkumar3161]

Guy has 1 job sleep , awake and play test . Easily can scored more runs if he continues in this mode as England plays almost 20 test a year.

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

Yes... Nothing special with Root... Just that England plays 15-20 Test... England played almost 150 test in last 12 years... India is yet to play 110 test in the time period... Kohli Smith Warner or even Babar could have potentially reached the volume of runs if their team played this much of matches.

[@Luis_Baruch]

Newsflash - all professional cricketers have one job - to play cricket. Yet they’re not scoring Root’s runs. Look at you making stats up - “20 tests a year”. England played 11 tests in 2024, and 8 tests in 2023 you absolute clown.

[@Luis_Baruch]

@@AlenBenny-q8tKohli could? Not averaging 20.25 in 2024 he couldn’t mate.

[@Luis_Baruch]

All professional players have one job - yet weirdly…none of the others are close. And btw, “20 tests per year”? In 2023 England played 11. In 2022 they played 8.

[@Ibrahim_shaikh1]

@@Luis_Baruch The point is that if any other of the fab 4 dropped the white ball formats and solely focused on test cricket they would be A LOT better than they are currently. He's 3rd in total Test match averages and hasn't had the peak of a Steve Smith yet. Hes not better than Smith or Kohli as an all time great.

[@roboticduniya1731]

11:40 really felt it bro!!! My point is, why can't the stat licker fans wait for ashes 2025 to end... I can guarantee the topic will be done and dusted after that...

[@J92-DS]

Will it? If Root plays for 4-5 more years, he’s got a good chance of passing the record

[@roboticduniya1731]

@@J92-DS please wait till the ashes to end... Everything before that won't satisfy you...

[@J92-DS]

@@roboticduniya1731 what are you on about? 🤣 the ashes is 5 test matches out of a possible 30-50 that he’ll likely play

[@roboticduniya1731]

@@J92-DS his career will end there...

[@J92-DS]

@@roboticduniya1731 we know you love Tendulkar and you’ll hate to see the record being broken. I’m not saying it’s going to happen but it would be great if it did

[@AnkitSingh-so6qn]

Yes, even great players have a dip after a certain age, GOATs like Sachin, Ponting had 57+ avg at a time but ended somewhere around 54 and 52 respectively. Root is approaching that age. Smith and Kohli struggled too. One bad Ashes followed by India series, just like poor WC2023 he had and he might retire. Unlike other great batsman, even during his absolute peak Root hardly managed to get his career avg over 50

[@321Adi123]

Joe root has been a one man army and lone warrior for most of his career - if he had some class of players around him like the other greats I can bet his average would be higher. Stokes (the only other class player) has been very average since Covid and his mental health.

[@Ibrahim_shaikh1]

2020 - 2024 Joe Root is an example of what any of the fab 4 players could achieve if they quit the other formats of cricket and spam 15 test matches a year lol. He's still behind Kohli and Smith as an all time great and is probably only ahead of Williamson.

[@SriGutta]

Root scored 21 out of his 34 centuries at home (in similar number of innings 137 v 130). He will rely on continuing the heavy scoring at home if he wants to chase down Tendulkar. Considering that 3 of the next 5 home seasons will be against India and Australia, it may not be as easy to keep knocking up the big scores.

[@kwl189]

Root has a solid average against India though even away in India. However he has yet to score a hundred against Australia away from home.

[@AnuragSingh-pt6hl]

@@kwl189 Root Avgs 45 in India with 3 100s in 15 matches.... with age his reflexes to play spin has gone down.... Lets see how he fares in upcoming Pak series

[@kwl189]

@@AnuragSingh-pt6hl correct. I think Root is probably right up there is terms of average for overseas batsmen in India. Let’s see how he goes because these players are insanely professional and fit with sports medicine so his prime fitness and reflexes and eye sight could be extended. Eye sight declined a lot with Dhoni and Tendulkar by the end and hurt their scoring a lot.

[@user-vi6wf4gh9x]

​@@AnuragSingh-pt6hl Aged well 😂

[@ankeshsaha5522]

This is the most realistic analysis of the whole situation. 3.5k test runs are lot of runs. And once the body start behaving funny, it gets tougher. Even great Dravid with his wall like technique struggled fair bit at the end of his career.

[@hasanramzan6578]

Root has said he wants to play at the 2027 World Cup. He has talked about playing for as long as possible. He doesn't play many T20 leagues and is often rest for ODIs. So he has a very good chance to break it.

[@L.I.T.H.I.U.M]

It's not common for SENA players to continue playing after their mid-30s. Those who do love playing cricket too much and/or play it occasionally like Anderson. But I want Root to break this record, honestly. Send him to bat against West Indies or something.

[@saikatkar4452]

Ponting Dipped, Tendulkar Dipped, what about those that didn't dip? Jacques Kallis? Kumar Sangakkara? They both retired on Top of their forms. Ponting and Tendulkar played way past what's considered the retirement age. Root probably won't even have to play till he's 40. And he probably can play till he's 40 if he enjoys the game. People kept talking about how Anderson has barely got a year left. And that continued for half a decade. Not saying that Root is a shoe-in to break any of those records, but he's well placed to do it when no one even thought it was possible.

[@mrgyani]

Whether he does cross Tendulkar or not, my hat-tip to this legend 🙏

[@shinodbm]

England play so many test matches. Root might be the only one in the modern era and foreseeable future who will come close to Sachin's record

[@australovenator5360]

certain england's best in the modern age

[@HkFinn83]

I think he can, but it will be done mostly with heavy run scoring over the next couple of years. Can’t see him averaging 43 for another 50-60 tests.

[@arjunps6776]

Sachin was just born to bat. He too had other business interests but he outsourced them better. That's the advantage of the Indian economy where you can make others take care of your business. Root may have to look after his own businesses looking at the current state of British economy 😂. Let's wait till 2025 Ashes in Australia. That could be the time when it all crumbles for Joe.

[@michaelforeman8753]

What are you even talking about

[@Morhaw]

I’m certain there are people organisations who look after the business interests of sports people whilst they are off playing. When he retires he may take a more active role in them, but for now he is a professional sportsman.

[@Kjhgfd123]

2:51 kohli's at 8848, the exact height of mt everest (in metres) you could say he has an everest to climb

[@Ajay.369v]

After 100 tests Smith 32 hundreds Sachin 30 hundreds Rahul 24 hundreds Ponting 26 hundreds Root 18 hundreds

[@AnuragSingh-pt6hl]

Not test but inngs should matter. Sachin is still the fastest to reach 10,000 runs along with Lara in 195 inngs, Smith has 195 inngs now with 9685 runs

[@Luis_Baruch]

Who cares? What about after 18.43 tests?

[@gilsonfernandes3704]

As long As he Follows Anderson Fitness Routine, He can do It. Records are meant to be BROKEN 😊

[@oblivionenjoyer2618]

I think he will do it way before 200 matches.

[@strawhat9319]

Root needs to play another 60-70 test to break Sachin Tendulkar test century record...he is already 34...needs to play all test for another 5 - 6 yrs... fitness... form... injury will now play important role.

[@kushanshah8040]

Are you crazy? He needs about 70 innings to pass Sachin if we assume he scores at the average of 50.

[@Bcool.buddy1234]

If root plays 4 to 5 years in form, he might surpass sachins record by few runs

[@bryxxdore4150]

There are only 2-3 teams who have a good bowling line up in the Test format. Root has all the advantages if he doesn't go past the record he should be disappointed

[@nina-dc9wk]

Sachin is considered great because of his ability to hit wicket taking balls in multiple ways. Runs, Centuries, number of matches played, or awards are secondary. anyone can make more runs, century et all than Sachin but he is considered genius early one from start because of his unmatched abilities on all surfaces in all conditions. Joe is a great batsman but not near Sachin in skill or ability to handle expectations.

[@Sid-e5y]

Can he surpass hobbs as an overall batter though,that is a more interesting question for me than his cumulative runs

[@saffronpanda1735]

Feeling discomfortable thinking that sachins record is in danger

[@sushant832]

*uncomfortable

[@saffronpanda1735]

@@sushant832 thanks for correcting. Appreciate it

[@arnabiitmphy]

We should be happy about someone breaking Tendulkar's record. Even Tendulkar himself will be happy about it. You have a pathetic mindset.

[@sushant832]

@@arnabiitmphy Tendulkar said as long as any Indian breaks his record, he won't mind.

[@arnabiitmphy]

@@sushant832 I am pretty sure he won't mind if a foreigner breaks his record too.

[@joe_boulder]

Awesome

[@SamosaJii]

Record aise banao ke kain logon ko milke todne pade😂.

[@daredevils5742]

3 peak years can't match 24 years of legacy

[@Luis_Baruch]

I guess not. Especially as “24 years of legacy” is totally meaningless as an idea and sentence.

[@davidanbudurai5931]

Most Indian fans here are biased... Records are meant to be broken. Good luck to Root.

[@47.000]

Meanwhile Paxtan fans creating the term Fab 5 to accomodate Babar who doesn't even have 4k runs as compared to Root's 12k.

[@dazjackson1972]

Joe Root will become the first and only player to make 20,000 Test Runs - this discussion is "for the birds." I'll revisit this comment in 12 months, at which time he'll be at almost 14,000.

[@skachhy]

No way at all. Indian bowlers will make sure.

[@Z123-b5s]

❤

[@tad555]

Hes good but clearly behind Smith in tests or Kohli across all formats. Also all this talk about being England's greatest need to be put on hold until he scores big in Australia. Until then he's still behind KP

[@arnabiitmphy]

Not really, he is better than KP. He has great record in SA, NZ, SL, IND and WI. He still averages 36 in Australia, and I am sure in the remaining Ashes tests, he will put that record straight and will score runs in Australia as well.

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

Yes... I always believe that Gooch Cook and KP is on par with Root... Across formats I would rate KP ahead of Root...

[@tad555]

@@AlenBenny-q8t KP impac alone makes him the best player regardless of stats. Root is a slightly better version of Bell

[@tad555]

@@arnabiitmphy If he does it will be against an aging attack not the peak Aussie attack KP did it against in 06. Either way 100 is needed to at least tick that box, but really he needs to win down under to be considered England's greatest of this century

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

@@tad555 agree

[@Oudmealsoup]

Was the picture of Joe Root at 12:20 AI generated?

[@abdeo777]

Unlikely and even if he goes he will never pass the god in greatness or class

[@ChemistryBaba-n6e]

What you dummy God achieve except wc 2011 that was also due to dhoni and gambhir 😂😂

[@isaacnewton3514]

It will be good for Root to break the record just to see Indian fans cry about their Cricket God

[@nastybadger-tn4kl]

Famous year of Horse ? Clint east wood , Mike tyson , Denzel washington , sehwag , akram ...etc. There is not many like attention. What is the point ? Horse just want PEACE! he has no energy

[@amanchivenkatesh]

Obviously he will cross Tendulkar's record if he plays every test match against srilanka Pakistan such teams who are not in form India's tour he scored only one century in 5 tests he has no century in Australia Stop comparing with Tendulkar root is good player at England average player outside England Fab 4 1) Kohli because of his three format record 2) Williamson 3) Steve Smith 4)root English former cricketers has no brain just hypocrisy England can white wash Pakistan but they never gonna beat India and Australia even at England With James Anderson and broad retirement England lost Only stokes jos Buttler root is good players in english cricket team for now When fab 4 players start playing let's compare just stop comparing average player like root to the great Tendulkar he is best noone can as technical sound player as him Kohli might score 110 centuries but Tendulkar is best Stop comparing with greats such as Tendulkar Richards Lara They never gonna be anyone who matches these legends

[@ashwinkumarkrhegde3891]

What's your if root is avg I don't think u have seen him play. Against India 700+ runs 4 centuries. 2 dady hundreds in Sri Lanka. Highest runs in the recent ashes. Highest runs in India in india series in 2021. 35 hundreds is no avg guy bro. He is definitely in top 7 or 8 players of all time already.

[@ashwinkumarkrhegde3891]

Also u have to remember most of his test career root was one man army if he had a strong supporting cast his avg would be more then 55 for sure. He has the 45+ avg against almost all countries. Even against aus 40+. Calling him avg is ignorance 😂. Maybe he isnt Tendulkar's level but saying he isn't no where near is very wrong. He will be ending somewhere in the top 5.

[@nastybadger-tn4kl]

No chance in hell. YEAR OF HORSE to be a leader in anything? THEY DONT WANT ANY ATTENTION. I mean they like attention but when they want. he will retire at 14000 runs

[@abhinay4200]

Kohli should retire , he is no longer needed in T20 and ODI and his average of 49 does not elevate him to all time great

[@Rohan_Choudhary5]

Why should he do this? No...Kohli will play till 2027 and complete 100 century...and Rohit till 2025...

[@fzrrahman4202]

Lmao I downloaded the game

[@Morhaw]

I think he’ll burnout before then. Mentally if not physically.

[@benoitblanc420]

joe root footwork >>>>>>> sachin entire career

[@history_facts9]

Sachin's bowling is GREATER than English Cricket

[@Stowerslemalu]

The closest thing we have to Sachin is Williamson 😊

[@hasanramzan6578]

The guy who doesn't perform in India,South Africa, and England is nowhere near Sachin

[@parkjohns9696]

He’s awful against Australia when it matters. Nowhere near Sachin.

[@Stowerslemalu]

@@hasanramzan6578 he has centuries in all three of those nations

[@Stowerslemalu]

@@parkjohns9696 he’s averaging 37 odd in Australia with 2 centuries, not amazing but far from awful

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

Test 1.Smith 2.Kohli 3.Root 4.Williamson ODI 1.Kohli 2.Williamson 3.Root 4.Smith T20i 1.Kohli 2.Williamson 3.Smith 4.Root

[@arnabiitmphy]

The thing about Tendulkar is he was terribly out of form in his last 25 tests, he didn't score a single hundred between 175 and 200 tests, while averaging in the mid twenties. His overall test average, which was nearly 57 after 175 tests, shrunk to 53 after 200 tests. It was clear that Tendulkar just kept playing for the record 200 tests, and had it been any other player from any other country he would have been dropped, but not Tendulkar because it was India and he was treated as a god in India and was "undropable". Not every batter will be so out of form in the last several tests. The point that I am trying to make here is if Joe Root plays even 70% of what he is playing right now, and plays for another 5 years, he will break the number of test runs of Tendulkar, and also come very close to breaking the highest test century record as well. I mean the guy scored 17 test hundreds and around 4500 runs in the last 3.5 years!

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

​​@arnabiitmphy 1.Sachin averaged 32 not 20s in last 25 test. 2.Sachin kept playing for that 100th 100.When selfish motives interest over team agendas it will backfire. 3.Root ain't that great actually. He plays a lot of test,being an Englishman it is helping him to rise in numbers. He is on par with Kohli and well below Smith in Tests... 4.England played around 150 test in last 12 years while India played 110 and Australia played 120. 5.In last 4 years number of test played Root 56 Smith 34 Kohli 26 This is the reason why he is leapfrogging century and runcharts not because he is great

[@AlenBenny-q8t]

​​@arnabiitmphy 1.Sachin averaged 32 not 20s in last 25 test. 2.Sachin kept playing for that 100th 100.When selfish motives interest over team agendas it will backfire. Even after reaching that 100 100s he again played selfishly for that 200th match. 3.Root ain't that great actually. He plays a lot of test,being an Englishman it is helping him to rise in numbers. He is on par with Kohli and well below Smith in Tests... 4.England played around 150 test in last 12 years while India played 110 and Australia played 120. 5.In last 4 years number of test played Root 56 Smith 34 Kohli 26 This is the reason why he is leapfrogging century and runcharts not because he is great

[@321Adi123]

@@AlenBenny-q8t nothing wrong with climbing the charts at a healthy average and amazing SR - runs are runs and they still have to be scored