Joe Root: Former great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is called the God of Cricket because he is the batsman who has scored the most runs and centuries in international cricket but now an England player has made a big statement.

In fact, England's experienced batsman Joe Root has placed himself in the category of a great player and now a former English player has claimed that he can even surpass Sachin.

Joe Root can be the highest run scorer for England

Let us tell you that Root (Joe Root) is counted among the great players of the current era because he has made many big records in his name. Now in this series, he can make another record in his name for England. Actually, Root can become the highest run-scorer for the English team.

If we look at the present time, the record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket for England is in the name of former great player Alastair Cook, who scored 12472 runs and 33 centuries in his career.

Root (Joe Root) has also scored 11940 runs in 142 test matches in his career so far and now Root is only 532 runs behind Cook and very soon he can make this record in his name.

Michael Vaughan made a big statement

In fact, in his column in The Telegraph, former England captain Michael Vaughan wrote that “Joe Root will become England's leading run-scorer in no time.

Not only this, he has such potential that he can leave Sachin Tendulkar behind in this matter. Root is scoring runs very fast but he does not have any ego in him. He is just playing his cricket intelligently.

Joe Root scored a century against West Indies

Recently, a two-match Test series between England and West Indies has ended and in the second match of this series, Root scored the 32nd century of his Test career. In this match, the host English team defeated the visiting team by 241 runs and also won the series 2-0.