Despite his retirement in 2013, Sachin Tendulkar nonetheless holds the highest spot in Test runs, amongst a number of different data of his that stand until date. Sachin retired with 15,921 Test to his title. When it involves the energetic crickters, India’s Virat Kohli, Australia’s Steve Smith and England’s Joe Root are the highest three batters with most Test runs. While Root is on the high of the chart with 12,402 runs, Smith (9685 runs) and Kohli (8871 runs) are subsequent on the listing.
All three — Virat, Smith and Root — have been touted as subsequent greats in Test cricket, with a number of consultants and former gamers anticipating them to interrupt the report of runs scored by Tendulkar within the format.
While Root continues his wealthy kind in Test cricket, Smith and Kohli are struggling a large dip in kind. Amid the continued poor run of the 2 gamers, former Australia star Brad Hogg has handed a large verdict on Kohli.
“I just don’t think Virat is going to get there. I think he’s lost his momentum and the momentum that he’s lost has been for a number of years now. He’s got to turn around in the next 10 Test matches, or he’s going to drop off,” former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg stated in a video on his YouTube channel earlier than India vs Bangladesh first Test.
The India vs Bangladesh match in Chennai noticed Kohli returning scores of 6 and 17 throughout the 2 innings.
“Joe Root has 146 Test matches with 12,000 runs. Sachin Tendulkar made nearly 16,000 runs in 200 Test matches. That’s 4,000 runs in 66 Tests. I think Joe Root can go close to toppling that,” stated the previous Australia all-rounder.
“Watch out, Joe Root is on the move to beat Sachin Tendulkar. I think quietly he’ll have that in the back of his mind to try and topple that little unique stat,” Hogg added.
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