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Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has backed Joe Root to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as test cricket's leading run scorer even though the England batter is still nearly 6,000 short of the Indian great's haul.
Regarded as one of the finest batters of all-time, Sachin Tendulkar had some fierce battles with pacers from across the globe during his playing career. However, his duels with former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar are some of the most-talked about battles till date. Sachin used to dominate Akhtar on most occasions, but the latter used to retaliate by bowling vicious bouncers. During a recent chat, Akhtar revealed that he intentionally wanted to hurt Tendulkar during India's tour of Pakistan in 2006.
Rafael Nadal lifted his 14th French Open title, Twitter was flooded with congratulatory tweets including those from former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Spanish footballer David de Gea who hailed the champion for his historic 22nd Grand Slam trophy. Nadal, popularly known as the King of Clay, once again proved his greatness on clay courts on Sunday night as he defeated Casper Rood of Norway 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 to win the French Open title for a record 14th time.
Joe Root was the toast of the cricketing world on Sunday, as his fine unbeaten century helped England beat New Zealand by five wickets in the opening Test at Lord's to give the hosts a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Root also joined an elite list of players to score 10,000 runs in the longest format, becoming the joint-youngest along with Alastair Cook to do. Following Joe Root's heroics at Lord's, plaudits poured in from all parts of the world for the Englishman. Former Australia captain Mark Taylor too was effusive in his praise and went as far as saying that Root can very well break Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of 15,921 runs in Test cricket.
Joe Root has become just the 14th player to score 10,000 Test runs.
Joe Root could surpass Sachin Tendulkar as the leading run scorer in Test history.
Joe Root became the latest entrant to the 10,000-run club in Test cricket, achieving the rare feat on Day 4 of the opening Test against New Zealand on Sunday. Root became only the second Englishman to reach the milestone after Alastair Cook and the 14th overall. He reached the 10,000-run mark in his 218th innings, becoming the fastest England batter to do so. Cook had reached the landmark in his 229th innings. Incidentally, Root is also the joint-youngest to reach the mark along with Cook, both of whom reached the milestone at the age of 31y 157d.
Joe Root has become just the 14th player to score 10,000 Test runs.