Prolific Joe Root has potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s Test document, says Geoffrey Boycott

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The legendary Geoffrey Boycott believes prolific England captain Joe Root has the potential and expertise to surpass Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar because the all-time run scorer in Test cricket.
Root, 30, amassed 426 runs in 4 innings at a median of 106.50 together with two centuries with a excessive rating of 228 within the just-concluded 2-0 sequence sweep over Sri Lanka.
Root, whose subsequent task is the four-Test sequence India beginning February 5, additionally turned the fourth-highest run-getter in Test cricket for England and the primary ever captain to hit two double-hundreds.
“Forget just scoring more Test runs for England than David Gower, Kevin Pietersen and myself. Joe Root has the potential to play 200 Tests and score more runs than even Sachin Tendulkar,” Boycoot wrote in a cloumn for ‘The Telegraph’.
“Root is only 30. He has played 99 Tests and scored 8249 runs already. As long as he does not suffer serious injury there is no reason why he cannot beat Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921.”

Boycott, nevertheless, does not need individuals to check Root with stars of bygone eras, saying he must be judged solely together with his contemporaries.
“His contemporaries, such as Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson, are wonderful players as well who could also score that many runs. We should enjoy Root and only judge him alongside those guys, not great names of the past because every player is a product of their environment,” he stated.
The 80-year-old England batting nice noticed that Root has labored on his batting in the course of the COVID-enforced break however stated the right-hander will face his greatest take a look at on Australia soil.
“Until this tour Joe had not been making the big scores that influence matches. Perhaps the COVID-19 lockdowns allowed him time to take stock of his batting. For too long he appeared to be influenced by Twenty20 cricket. He was trying to force his way back into England’s T20 side, but that frenetic type of batting is not for him,” Boycott stated.
“I felt that when taking part in Test cricket his unconscious was telling him to attempt to rating off virtually each ball. He was opening the face of the bat to good size balls making an attempt to run it to 3rd man, working straight balls to leg and even when he defended a very good ball he would set off for a run. In different phrases, he was making an attempt to keep away from a dot ball. Against top-class Test bowlers that isn’t doable.
“Joe’s biggest test will be against pace in Australia but, right now, by not batting in a gung-ho style, he has settled down and is giving himself a chance to bat big.”