Joe Root closes in on Sachin Tendulkar’s world record as Viv Richards backs him to break it
- Joe Root has scored 14,208 Test runs, leaving him 1,713 runs short of Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of 15,921.
- West Indies great Viv Richards backed Root to break Tendulkar’s record if he continues playing for England.
- Richards joked that breaking the record would prove Root, not Geoffrey Boycott, is Yorkshire’s greatest batter.
- Root’s father said staying fit, focused and motivated could take him close to Tendulkar’s record.
Source: sports.ndtv.com
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