Joe Root overtakes Rohit Sharma in highest centuries list with Lord's ton

Ahead of Sri Lanka’s tour to England, former England cricketer Michael Vaughan had stated that Joe Root could surpass legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s run tally in Tests. Though Vaughan had vouched for the veteran to go big when Three Lions toured the subcontinent.

The legendary English batter notched up his 49^th international century in the second Test against Lankan Lions on August 29. As a result, Root has signalled the mayhem from home. The right-handed batter scored 143 runs to rake his Test centuries to 33.

Overall, he has 49 tons across formats and is the second-highest among active players. Besides, he also surpassed India captain, Rohit Sharma’s 48 centuries benchmark. Root accrued the coveted figure in 454 innings against Rohit’s 509 innings. He is still miles away from Virat Kohli’s 80 tons in 591 innings. 

Root inching closer to Tendulkar's record for most Test runs in career

Speaking of Joe Root’s Test runs, the 33-year-old has 12, 274 runs to his name and as per Vaughan’s prediction, he is just 3,647 runs behind surpassing Tendulkar’s record tally. The Master Blaster has held the record to his name playing 200 Tests and batting in 329 innings. On the other hand, Root has done so in 145 Tests and batting in 264 runs.

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"Joe Root will become England’s leading run-scorer in the next few months and is so special that he really could overtake Sachin Tendulkar eventually. With the bat generally, they did not look reckless like they have in the past. They are scoring quickly, but it doesn’t look like their egos are taking over. They are just playing with good sense,” Vaughan had said.