Former England captain Alastair Cook dinner is hopeful about Joe Root going all the way in which to turning into the main run-scorer within the historical past of Check cricket by dethroning the legendary Sachin Tendulkar from the summit. Cook dinner’s former compatriot Root eclipsed him to turn into England’s main scorer in Check cricket in the course of the ongoing sequence towards Pakistan in Multan. After watching his buddy go previous him to turn into England’s most embellished batter, the 39-year-old struggled to sum up his emotions in phrases and ended up ringing Root to congratulate him for his large feat.
“I watched the second, then I rang him after the top of the play,” Cook dinner mentioned throughout a round-table interview hosted by the ICC.
“I could not consider the suitable phrases to jot down in a textual content message. So I assumed I’d simply ring him, see what he was as much as, and ensure he had a beer in his hand, which I feel he did,” he added.
The 33-year-old’s present run tally now stands at a whopping 12,716, simply 3,206 runs shy of going previous India’s ‘God of Cricket’ to turn into essentially the most embellished batter in Check historical past.
With every passing Check, the world of cricket has began to fathom the duty of watching a file tumble that was as soon as thought-about to be untouchable.
Earlier than he units his sights on toppling Sachin’s file, Root nonetheless has six gamers to overhaul within the course of earlier than altering the course of historical past.
Cook dinner stays hopeful about Root overtaking the Grasp Blaster’s file within the period of time that has left in his profession.
“I feel Joe Root may set a mark, actually on an English aspect, that’ll be very exhausting to beat. However you simply by no means know. I hope he can get very shut, if not be the primary one that scores 16,000 Check runs. It might be a terrific achievement,” Cook dinner added.
Root will proceed his hunt to get nearer to that elusive feat in the course of the third Check towards Pakistan in Rawalpindi, starting on Thursday.
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