Root said Tendulkar's record is not something he will focus on, but can the Yorkshire-born batter reach the top spot?

Joe Root now stands second on the all-time Test runs list with 38 centuries - but there's one massive nation that eludes ...

Ben Stokes' attempt to deny Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar centuries isn't a first. Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar faced it too.

No airs, no graces – just a wave of the right hand and a slight nod of the head from one of sport’s most self-effacing ...

Joe Root, born in 1990, grew up idolizing Sachin Tendulkar. Now, he's second only to Tendulkar in all-time Test run-scorers.

Joe Root Becomes Second-Highest Run Scorer In Test Cricket History: In contrast to limited-overs formats, there's no ...

Root is second on the list of all-time Test run-scorers, though Sachin Tendulkar remains over 2,500 runs ahead.

The century saw him reaching 13,409 runs in Tests - now second behind only the great Sachin Tendulkar, who tops the table with 15,921.

Root began the day fifth on the list. By lunch, he had clambered above Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis. By tea, he had elbowed aside Ricky Pontingread full article ...

Ricky Ponting is convinced there is "absolutely no reason" why Joe Root cannot surpass India's Sachin Tendulkar as Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer after the England star leapfrogged the ...

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By Shah Faisal England began the third day at Old Trafford with a clear mission: to erase India’s first-innings total of 358 and build a lead strong enough to s ...