Ricky Ponting: There have been many legends in cricket who have entertained the audience for years and scored a lot of runs. In this series, many great batsmen have been born, who no one can match.

In such a situation, former great Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar is such a player whose record has become impossible for any player to break. However, now former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has named a player who can become bigger than Sachin and break his record.

Ricky Ponting called Joe Root the greatest

Actually, England's legendary batsman Joe Root is such a player who has consistently performed well for his team and now he has joined the list of the best batsmen in the world. In such a situation, during a conversation with the ICC, Ponting (Ricky Ponting) has given a big reaction about Root.

The former Australian captain said that "Joe Root is the player who can break Sachin Tendulkar's record of runs in Test cricket and surpass him. Root is currently 33 years old and he is more than 3000 runs behind Tendulkar. In such a situation, if he plays 10 or 14 Test matches every year and scores 800 to 1000 runs, then it will take him 3 or 4 years to do so and he will be 37 years old by that time."

Joe Root has a hunger for runs

Ponting believes that if we look back 4 or 5 years ago, Root was scoring a lot of half-centuries but was struggling to convert them into centuries.

However, now he has learned to do this task well and he will have to remain hungry for runs in the same way in the coming times.

If we talk about Root, he can soon become England's best batsman in the Test format as he is just a few runs behind former great Alastair Cook. Apart from this, he can also reach close to Tendulkar soon.

Root is the 7th highest run scorer in Test cricket

Let us tell you that Root is at the 7th position in terms of scoring the most runs in the world in Test format.

He has played 143 matches so far, in which he has scored 12027 runs with an average of 50.11. During this, 32 centuries and 63 half-centuries have come from his bat.

Apart from this, Alastair Cook of the English team has scored 12472 runs in his career and now Root is just a few runs behind him. In such a situation, he will soon become England's highest run-scorer.