NEW DELHI: Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Joe Root may surpass Sachin Tendulkar‘s report of Check runs, offered the Englishman maintains his present type and starvation for the subsequent 4 years.
Root lately crossed the 12,000-run mark in the course of the Edgbaston Check in opposition to the West Indies, changing into the seventh batter to realize this milestone in Check cricket.
Root has accrued 12,027 runs in 143 Exams, with a mean of fifty.11, together with 32 centuries and 63 fifties.
He’s at present the seventh-highest run-scorer in Exams and is ready to overhaul Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (12,400 runs) and his former teammate Alastair Cook dinner (12,472 runs) quickly.
Sachin Tendulkar leads the chart with 15,921 runs from 200 Exams, whereas Ponting is second with 13,378 runs from 168 Exams.
“He (Root) may probably do this. He’s 33 years of age…(greater than) 3000 runs behind,” Ponting informed The ICC Evaluate.
“It relies upon what number of Check matches they play, but when they’re enjoying 10 to 14 Check matches a yr and when you’re scoring 800 to 1,000 runs a yr, then that form of says he is solely three or 4 years off getting there. In order that’ll take him to 37 (years of age),” mentioned the legendary Australian.
Ponting mentioned Root might want to stay hungry for runs and the England batter has obtained the age on his facet to intention for the Check report.
“If his starvation’s nonetheless there, then there’s each likelihood that he may do it. He’s somebody that within the final couple of years has obtained higher and higher,” Ponting mentioned.
“There’s at all times speak round batters reaching their prime of their early 30s and he is actually performed that. It has been his conversion charges being the massive factor,” he mentioned.
Ponting mentioned Root appeared to have overcome his incapacity to transform half-centuries into massive scores.
“4 or 5 years in the past, he was making quite a lot of 50s and struggling to go on and make a whole bunch and he is gone the opposite means lately,” Ponting mentioned.
“Nearly each time he will get to 50 now, he goes on and makes a giant hundred. In order that’s been the actual turnaround for him,” he added.
Root lately crossed the 12,000-run mark in the course of the Edgbaston Check in opposition to the West Indies, changing into the seventh batter to realize this milestone in Check cricket.
Root has accrued 12,027 runs in 143 Exams, with a mean of fifty.11, together with 32 centuries and 63 fifties.
He’s at present the seventh-highest run-scorer in Exams and is ready to overhaul Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara (12,400 runs) and his former teammate Alastair Cook dinner (12,472 runs) quickly.
Sachin Tendulkar leads the chart with 15,921 runs from 200 Exams, whereas Ponting is second with 13,378 runs from 168 Exams.
“He (Root) may probably do this. He’s 33 years of age…(greater than) 3000 runs behind,” Ponting informed The ICC Evaluate.
“It relies upon what number of Check matches they play, but when they’re enjoying 10 to 14 Check matches a yr and when you’re scoring 800 to 1,000 runs a yr, then that form of says he is solely three or 4 years off getting there. In order that’ll take him to 37 (years of age),” mentioned the legendary Australian.
Ponting mentioned Root might want to stay hungry for runs and the England batter has obtained the age on his facet to intention for the Check report.
“If his starvation’s nonetheless there, then there’s each likelihood that he may do it. He’s somebody that within the final couple of years has obtained higher and higher,” Ponting mentioned.
“There’s at all times speak round batters reaching their prime of their early 30s and he is actually performed that. It has been his conversion charges being the massive factor,” he mentioned.
Ponting mentioned Root appeared to have overcome his incapacity to transform half-centuries into massive scores.
“4 or 5 years in the past, he was making quite a lot of 50s and struggling to go on and make a whole bunch and he is gone the opposite means lately,” Ponting mentioned.
“Nearly each time he will get to 50 now, he goes on and makes a giant hundred. In order that’s been the actual turnaround for him,” he added.
