It's not the same Jarrod as before. My personal headcanon is that each different hairstyle is adorned by a different clone of Jarrod because there's no way one single person can know so much about the game as "Jarrod" does
@@uditshivaram6538He has an average = Kohli. Centuries/Innings way less than Kohli. Away stats not as good as Kohli... So Kohli has a valid argument to be better than Root
@@AlenBenny-q8t He averages one entire run more than Kohli, He has a fifty every other game, so even when he isnt scoring runs hes scoring a fifty every other game, Kohli essentially scores a hundred, or nothing, Root has more than twice Kohlis fifties and more hundreds than Kohli, So no kohli aint better
Cook doesn't have the shot range that Root has. Cook plays every ball with so much energy and so much concentration. That takes a lot out of your mentally . Root is more free flowing. Root won't surpass Sachin. But he has more chance then Cook.
@@hasanramzan6578If Root plays another 4-5yrs and does well,he may probably go pass Tendulkar.He needs 1-2yrs to go at no2.I think the away Ashes will decide his fate.If he does well there,shrugs off his test century drought in Australia,scores some massive runs,like 500-600runs,I think that will extend his career mentally as well.
Sachin Tendulkar has played against first 25 all time highest test wicket takers ever...how many of those have root played against? Sachin's faced three generations of legendary bowlers of all countries. What about root huh? We can remember legendary battles of Sachin vs Warne, Murli, Swan, Panesar, Vettorie, Saqlain, Imran, Marshall, Walsh Ambrose, Bishop, Mcdormatt, Macgrath, Gillespie, Fleming, Johnston, Donald, Pollok, Ntini, Fraiser, Lewis, Anderson, Broad, Waas, Doul, Boult, Bond... How many legendary battles of Root do you remember?
So if its so easy for batters to score runs now because of the pitches, wasn't it easier for bowlers to get wickets in the 80s and 90s because of pitches being bowler friendly? Why doesn't the argument apply to bowlers ?
@@hasanramzan6578 Are you high bro? You himself explained why sachin is the greatest because he played in the most dominant era of bowling but Root didn't. Nowdays Only Ind, Aus and Eng are test giants and other teams like sa, nz, sl, wi and pak are very weak teams in test cricket. But during those days every team was a powerhouse
Another butthurt Indian on RU-vid taking things personally. Relax man. This is just a conversation where three people are trying to discuss a topic. If you ask me, I still think Sachin is partially better because of some of your arguments. But there are arguments to be made for Root here. Sachin scored a lot of runs and centuries against weaker teams like Zimbabwe, West Indies, Bangladesh, England (who were way weaker then). Out of his 51 centuries, India won only 20 matches out of which only 3 were outside the subcontinent. Joe Root with England won 21 matches when he scored a century with about 7 played outside of England, Australia or New Zealand (where you can say have pitches suiting Root) and he still has gas left in his tank to play. India's bowling attack back then wasn't great, agreed, but you cannot easily determine if the matches were won because of a match winning innings or good bowling. You would have to go through each match to know that. Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan, and Kumble were world class bowlers back then too btw.
I somehow still have a sneaking suspicion that Root will fall short. He certainly is young enough and can play enough tests, but I have noticed that most English and Australian batsmen tend to want to retire to do other things post 35. I mean, Cook was in a similar position to Root and he was pretty young when he retired. One benefit for him is that he can essentially leave ODI cricket, since there is so little of that played anyways. Sachin was playing a huge volume of ODI cricket and test cricket for most of his career. When it comes to being the best, its really difficult to look past Sachin in any measure. To play 200 tests, make that many runs, that many centuries, and be so extraordinarily consistent wherever he plays and against whomever he plays. I think Sachin's most extraordinary test stat is that he averages at least 40 in every country he's played in and against every opposition he has ever played against. The only country in which he hasn't scored a century in is Zimbabwe where he only played 4 tests. That is an incredible stat. One that I doubt can be replicated by anyone soon.
@@hasanramzan6578 Well, what is "as much cricket as possible"? He's the one who will define that. If he starts feeling exhausted in another 2-3 years and his family obligations become more priority, then you never know. Also, he's at the peak of his form now. Say he goes through a year or two of bad form, like he did in the previous phase. People's mindset can change. Most cricketers don't play till their late 30's.
Some cricket boards play more odi matches and test matches, England plays less odi's for example see sachin and jayasuriya did debute around 1989 and played 450-463odi matches where as jayawarden and sanga did debute in 1998-99 they also played like 375-440 matches of odi 125+ test matches,
Sachin was an absolute beast in the 90's across formats....1994-1999 he was the most prolific batsmen ever....the range & quality of shot making was pure genius level.....root is fantastic but even if he gets above Sachin he won't be half as good as Sachin.....
Root would have played more match winning innings. Sachin played more match saving innings. Though, I think Root has not faced a barrage of epic bowling lineups unlike Tendulkar.
@@foodsafari-rj3uq India didn't even have a decent bowling line-up in the entire 90's who could take 20 wkts .. bowlers win you matches...when they did india won....it's a team game.... invalid comment
@@amitm2692 I agree with you doofus, but it's not invalid. Not like England has a very good bowling attack. They lack an experienced spinner and Anderson was often rested due to their rotation policy. Woakes can't take wickets outside England and Wood is injury prone. England is winning on the merit of their batting and setting the pace of the game. India also famously did this in their follow-on victory at Eden against the Invincibles. Also, while it is a team sport, it is an individually driven team sport. One player bowls and another bats. The background around them can play a role just as well as they can't. So shut yer trap.
@@foodsafari-rj3uq Looks like it's pretty easy to trigger you....settle down uncle.... well I can throw at you countless instances where Sachin single handedly won india matches when no other player could put bat to ball but I'm not not gonna waste any more space on you.....doofus 👍
The most under rated player that never gets any credit is Kallis. No3 on all time list for runs,55 ave mind you. a Few wickets shy of 300 test wickets. And 200 catches. Do I think Kallis is the best batter ever? No Do i think he is the best all round cricketer ever? Absolutley yes!
Imran Khan is the best all-rounder imo. Averaged 38 with the bat and 23 with the ball. From 1982 to 1990, he averaged 51 with the bat (higher than Viv Richards) and 19 with the ball (lower than Malcolm Marshall).
@@cliffardgerber3830 So batting is the only thing we need to look at while judging an all-rounder? Imran was a far superior bowler to Kallis. Also, 3807 runs at 37.7 is amazing for a lower-order batsman, especially considering that unlike Kallis, he did not bat in the easiest era for Test batting. I think I need to repeat the fact that for almost a decade in his career, Imran was statistically a better batsman than Viv Richards and statistically a better bowler than Malcolm Marshall SIMULTANEOUSLY! Kallis, on the other hand, was never simultaneously a world class batsman and a world class bowler in his entire career. During his peak, he was a great batsman and a useful bowler.
@thelegendkiller4051 and judging by your statement bowling is the only measurement we look at when judging an all rounder 🤔. Kallis was a far superior batsman and fielder than Khan. Khan is 23rd in the all time test wickets and Kallis 40th but Kallis is 3rd in all time test runs and khan isn't even in the top 150. Add catching to the mix and Kallis is 3rd on that list as well. Khan was a good bowler who could bat a bit. Kallis was a great batsman who bowled really well and was also a great fielder.
@@thelegendkiller4051 Keep in mind,that Kallis was usually the 5 seamer in a very good SA seam attack and was mearly used to rotate/rest the bowling attack. He bowled at 140km constantly and only took 60 odd wickets less than Imran. Kallis was an elite batsman ,a very good bowler and better fielder. There is just no comparison.
I think they forgot Sachin also has 18,426 ODI runs, 100 centuries overall and 200 international wickets! Busy drooling over chasing down one of the many records he holds which is 15,921 Test runs. Not to mention he played in an era where bats were half of what it is today, different and tougher conditions and another level of bowling attacks. Plus god knows how many times he was wrongly given out since there was no DRS and all the other tech there is available today. Wish you the best Rooty!
Oh please, stop with the simping. Sachin was a great batsman, maybe the 2nd best of all time. But don't make excuses about being wrongly given out, everyone suffered from bad decisions and I can guarantee he was given not out numerous times when he was definitely out. It's swings and round-a-bouts, taking the good with the bad, or what ever idiom you choose to use. But don't make excuses, otherwise we could start making excuses that Don Bradman would have scored far more runs today given the safety equipment, ground conditions, better quality equipment and not to mention being paid to play. Comparing players from different eras is always based on opinions and nothing more.
@utha2665 didn't blame anything mate, just stated simple facts and realities of two different eras and players. There's no need to compare the two. You're literally taking the piss out of a simple statement for no reason.
@@shivrajsawant The only thing in your statement that annoyed me was the blaming of umpires for spoling Sachin's record. I guess it's the sheer number of people that feel he was hard done by, when in fact he was just like everyone else. Everyone gets bad decisions, for and against them, it's just that people forget the ones that go their way. And I will guarantee you, if you ask Sachin if he felt he was hard done by, he'd say no. I guess it was just a reaction for that reason, that so many think he was hard done by.
That's not the point. We are discussing tests... Sachin played in 2000s era which was absolute Batting friendly pitches in Tests... Now we have rank turners and swing pitches.
Yes... Domination in 1990s is a good point. I agree. But to be fair to Kohli/Smith/Root Sachin infact got 2000s flat track during which he had a couple of bad patches...
@@1239-p1k weren't pitches flat until 2016? That 2014-15 series where Kohli and Smith scored tons of runs were roads. Anderson scored 81 in 2014. Ups and downs will happens, I'm not saying is better coz of pitches now or then. Every metric would prove he's much better.
India started making rank turners in 2015 series vs SA. If I remember correctly Kohli started becoming a monster by then. Still he could only score a highest score of 88 in that series which was highest in both teams together... 2017 BGT in India was a dustbowl... So India had flat pitches in home from around 2000s to 2015... For Australia they always made sporting wickets except a few... England though from 2013 started making pitches which was heavily bowling friendly... So Root/Smith/Kohli had like a few years maybe 2-3 years in good conditions... But majority of their games especially for Root/Kohli they played in bowling friendly pitches compared to the prvs generation... Still I won't rate Root above Sachin... For me it was Smith vs Sachin Kohli vs Root. 1.Smith 2.Root=Kohli 3.Willi For alltime if Smith can finish on a high I will rate him above Sachin. Else Sachin is the 2nd best test batter after Don Bradman.
What is your point??? If you can't see the great bowlers of current era you are just being a nostalgia merchant... Btw... Sachin played in flattest of flat era of 2000s in Tests...
Cummins, Rabada, Steyn, Anderson, Lyon, Starc, Boult, Broad, Ashwin, Bumra, Shami, Southee, Boult,Johnson,... And Sachin played in flat tracks of 2000s... India had rank turner since 2015 and England had swing pitches since 2014... So what is your point?
New Zealand, Bangladesh, England, India became a better bowling teams. South Africa home matches became more difficult place to bat. England went from batting paradise in 1990s-2000s to heavily seam friendly pitches in 2010s. India went from batting paradise of 2000s to rank turners in 2010s... So an average of 45 is new 50 for a English/Indian/Australian batsman...
Let’s face it,there are only 3 test playing nations and a bunch of minnows.Not exactly quality opposition to make a comparison.Sachin made those run’s against much more competitive teams
That is factually wrong statement... New Zealand, England, Bangladesh, India have became better teams. So 3 teams better in this era compared to previous era... SL/WI became worse teams... Others have remained more or less same.
This is a wrong statement. 4 nations have became better test playing nations 2 extra nations started playing tests 2 teams went down in quality... So its a net gain of 2 teams which became better... And quality of opposition for a player in this generation is more. Root/Smith/Kohli have played better quality opposition because they always keep on playing top 3 itself and avoid minnows. But Sachin in his era was able to play a lot of minnow game and boost his stats... Imagine Smith/Root/Kohli playing Bangladesh and Zimbabwe often in Tests...
When Kohli failed in England way back in 2014 , and smashed all round the world , all of them were like but he hasn't done it in England. And with Root he has already had 4 full Ashes tours (20 matches and not a single 100)still considered the best?
They have different Rule for everyone,Freddie Flintoff just bcoz of one ashes performance became all time greats not just for Eng but for world cricket
Joe root hasnt gotten a hundred, but has some of the most fifties ever in australia, thats a misconception, he has had some very consistent performances in australia without a hundred, averages 38 which is ok there. Kohli with all his grandeur in england averages only 32 or 34 there. Jokes on you, he failed in 2021 in england as well.
@@akashmankad826 Hows it hypocrisy? When hes on the list of the highest run scorers, and hes touted to be one of the highest run getters of all time overcoming a legend? Is that something we should ignore? Does that not make him great
This will trigger the Indians but as an Englishman who should be biased I cannot. Tendulkar was fabulous. Faced the best era of international fast bowling and the 2 greatest spinners. Akram, Donald, Steyn, Pollard, Ambrose, Walsh, Younis, Mcgrath, Lee, Akhtar, and he still won most battles. Roots record in Australia cannot be ignored. Great player but not the best!
If Joe Root could face the likes of prime Wasim, Waqar, McGrath, Warne, Donald, Muralitharan, Walsh, Ambrose, Mushtaq, while carrying a batting lineup and without DRS, then we would have a debate. Sure, the bowlers today are quite good, and will be considered legends in a few years time. But the game is much more geared towards the batsman these days.
Sachin has better stats after 142 Tests but if Root has a significantly better later career than Sachin he has a chance, easier typed than done though.
@@larrygerry985 Mate 2017-2023 were the toughest for batting in last 30 years. 2000-10 were the best year for batting. Batting average was highest during 2000-2010
What are you saying my friend??? New Zealand, Bangladesh, England, India became a better bowling teams. South Africa home matches became more difficult place to bat. England went from batting paradise in 1990s-2000s to heavily seam friendly pitches in 2010s. India went from batting paradise of 2000s to rank turners in 2010s... So an average of 45 is new 50 for a English/Indian/Australian batsman...
Bro... It was 2000s which had flattest of flat pitch in Tests... Batting in India became tough since 2015 when India started preparing rank turners... Batting in England became difficult since 2014 when they started preparing seaming pitches...
Always look at the lens of 3 key elements which define real batting greatness - overall quality of opposition attacks during the batting lifespan, ability to play pace and spin with ease, and ability to perform in immense pressure. Easy to see that the period between 1980 to 2001 saw the most legendary bowlers the game has ever graced. Let's face it - Root never faced the quality of bowlers seen during the whole of the 90s - Aus, SA, Pak, WI had fearsome attacks in that era - Tendulkar was literally a one man army for the team the whole of the 90s whilst carrying 1bn people's hopes, and dominated in all conditions. Sachin had a stellar record against Warne and Muralitharan. Talk about 2010-onwards era which Root has been part of, none of the spinners barring Ashwin and Lyon are anywhere near the quality of 90s era. This comparison between Sachin and a flatlining average attack basher like Joe Root doesn't even merit discussion. Root may have 15k plus runs if he gets there, but he's nowhere near the pinnacle league where the likes of Sachin and Lara reside.
Yes, those things remain throughout. There's also other things to consider like playing before or after pitches were covered, and before or after DRS was introduced.
@@jimb9063Pitches started being covered since 1970s... So no difference... And DRS : Statistically umpires started giving more LBW out decisions because batsman has an option to review and since introduction of umpires calls most were given out... And soft call(onfiled calls) earlier we had a concept of benefit of doubt goes to batsman... Now its based on soft call.. So batsmen became started walking out more often on 50:50 decision... Add rank turner spin pitches in India since 2015... Sachin played in flattest of roads of 2000s.
Ashwin, Lyon, Maharaj, Jadeja, Axar are easily equal to the quality of that era, if not better, Murali, Warne, Kumble and Harbhajan are the only top quality spinners, harbhajan was a little lower. Sachin never faced two of them, he faced the other two on either flat aussie wickets, or flat Indian wickets. You all are so stupid to think that when nearly every single test bowler in this era bowls 90 mile an hour batting is easier, Cummins, Bumrah, Starc, Hazlewood, Rabada, Shaheen, Naseem and a bunch of bowlers i might not remember are all brilliant and have amazing test records home and away, are you an idiot? Average attack basher it seems, what is sachins record against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh? Joe root carried his batting lineup WHEN NOT A SINGLE BATTER, FROM 2018 to 2022 even averaged 30, he has one of the best batting years of all time on swinging nippy pitches against the two best bowling lineups. Sachin has Dravid, Sehwag, laxman, Azhar, Ganguly and a bunch of legendary batters by his side. Just cause youre indian doesnt mean you bullshit everyone else
@@AlenBenny-q8t I was simply adding a couple of era differences to think about to add to the three criteria suggested for judging batsmen, not just with Sachin and Root in mind.
He will definitely be England's best but not in the league of Lara, Tendulkar, Ponting. Probably Steve smith will end up in that bracket. Williamson, Root, Kohli, Sangakkara - I think this is another bracket just a notch lower but still great batamen
@@1239-p1k Fair point brother, just checked that williamson's record is pretty terrible - averages 33 in Eng, 30 in India and in the 20s in SA and SL. Inflated record of 100+ avg in pakistan/uae has helped his average.
Root is an efficient run scorer. But Tendulkar / Lara is who you pay to watch. Moreover, the quality of test cricket is not great. Apart from Aus and India, no other team can retain their quality players
@@jasonsherratt870 no point trying to debate with uneducated, uncouth BOGANS. Root could score a million runs in the penal colony and they'd still say he's 'efficient'. Pettiest sporting nation on Earth. Anyone who thinks Smith is better to watch needs their head looking at.
Sachin everyday day of the week, twice on Sunday. Think about the era of bowlers in Sachin’s era vs Root’s era and you will start to realise how much more difficult it is for Sachin to make the volume of runs he did
Just runs don't make you a better batter. How those runs were made? The pressure and expectations matter. Sachin played in whole different circumstances against arguably better bowlers. And who can forget the amount of ODI runs Sachin has made. Root may huff and puff and get a few more than Sachin in the end in test cricket just like how Anderson prolonged it but Sachin was and will be the best. Period.
It's taking likes of Virat, Root, Smith to break different records of Sachin Tendulkar in Cricket and still they wont have 200 International Wickets. This shows what Sachin Tendulkar has given to the game.. Without doubt the greatest ever..
When we discuss about Batting if you bring in bowling that means your point on batting isn't great... Btw... Root has more than 100 wickets in tests... He has already more test wickets than sachin
@@1239-p1k 😂 You didn't get the point. 2-3 Batsman of current generation trying to break diffrent records of Sachin across formats is enough to show that it's insulting for anyone to even think of comparing Sachin with any of them. I know test wickets of Root.Sachin is such a great batsman that people forget his wickets and matches won with his bowling. Sachin Tendulkar is greatest ever Cricketer.. Lara's statement on Sachin few years back relating to breaking of records is final word.
@@history_facts9Not 2-3 players... Just 2 players... Kohli has overtaken Sachin in ODIs already(in terms of runs no one is going to play 30-40 ODIs/Year in future unlike 2000s) So no one will play 460 ODIs... Kohli even after playing 16 years is yet to reach 300 ODIs... Ganguly with just 11 years of international cricket played 311 ODIs... So absolute runs in ODIs is never gonna be broken... And in Tests Sachin was lucky to play in flat tracks of 2000s compared to rank turners since 2015. Especially WTC point structure made sure teams go for wins by making bowling pitches... So test centuries is also safe... But Root could potentially overtake run count... So infact Root in Test(Root isn't better than Sachin as a matter of fact)and Kohli in ODIs is overtaking Sachin... Yeah... And I agree Sachin was good in both both.
Sachin played for 24 years till the age of 40, JR will be 34yo in December. JR is only 3900 runs behind him, in a career of only 11years and 7months. Given that ENG has 9 more tests this year and then 5 test match series against IND at Home and then 5 tests in ashes 2025. The gap of 1351 runs between RP and JR will be covered easily by next year. He averages 1000 - 1100 test runs each year he can take over Sachin by the time he's 37-38. As a cricket fanatic it makes me glad that we might see him take ST over.
Root is not even a better batsman than Kohli let alone Sachin Tendulkar. But he's England's best. He could score 20,000 test runs he still would not be a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar.
Are you indian?? Thats why you are chutiya,root is much better batsman than Kohli in test cricket,his avarage is much better than dogli in every country except Australia
@@shivanshdubey8333are u on drugs 🤣🤣🤣saying root is better than king kohli you have lost the plot , king kohli is the babber sher and is world class and the goat 🐐
@@user-io4ev7tu6j Abe badwe test cricket me bola hai 🤣🤣 pehle gawar ki aulad reserch kar le stats ki ,phir bol tere ling chutiye se 1 trophy nahi jeeti gayi ,root dogli ka baap hai test cricket me
did you understand that the subject was specifically how highly rated Joe Root would be IF he did overtake Sachin?the reason it was about Root in the first place was that he was about to become the leading scorer in test matches for England, something that has now been achieved. if you had listened then the general consensus was that Sachin would still be regarded higher regardless of whether he was overtaken or not.
If god ask me which cricketer I would dream to be. No doubt its Sachin Tendulkar.Many reasons most world cricketers rate him THE BEST.More than his mastery,dominance & records,no one can match his humbleness.Guy batted & batted & batted like a boss for 25 years still never even stared at bowlers.
If Joe Root overtakes Tendulkar's run record, he will become one of only two guys you could make an objective case for being greatest of all time, him & Bradman. Because those two would own the two most important records for batsmen, most runs and highest average. Anyone else being the greatest would require a subjective case
England play a lot of test cricket compared to other nations, including India. There is more to greatness than just volume of runs scored. Lara and Bradman are low down on the list of top run makers, but are better than most of the players above them in the list, and rightly considered all time greats. Root is certainly one of the best test batsmen of the current era, but I'm not even sure if he's England's best ever test batter, if you're comparing him with all time greats like Hutton and Hobbs. I would even rank Pietersen above him, despite Pietersen having scored fewer runs an having a lower average, purely because of the impact he had. There are plenty of test batters I would rank above Root, the following players are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head: Bradman, Viv Richards, Lara, Sobers, Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Sangakara, Miandad, Alan Border, Martin Crowe, KP... basically there are lot of batsmen I would consider ahead of Root.
Give him 2-3 series against Bangladesh, Ireland he will definitely break Tendulkars record cause he can't do it in Australia,India unless few drop catchers against them.
Can't believe Lloyd rates Gooch so highly.He's England's version of Dillip Vensarkar,both were great for two years but had a modest record for the rest of their careers.
Well if that’s the case than let Joe root score 18500 runs in Odis as well and play 300 more Odis and listen that era had fiercest bowlers tough pitches and don’t get me started with those skinny bats and he didn’t pick and choose what format he ll play and your body takes a toll when you play all formats and Sachin had a limitation as well his height and he still dominated everywhere
Root has to play a minimum of 43 test matches at an average of 45 per innings (current avg = 41) to pass Sachin. Eng played 8 tests last year. This means Root has to play another 5 years with an average that he currently is short off. Really!!!
Simple answer “Yes” he will be one of the greatest test batter along side Sir Vivian Richards, Brian Lara. Ricky Pointing and of course Sachin himself.
Hobbs,Hutton,Hammond,Sutcliffe,Barrington,Boycott,May,Compton all come before Root because they all scored big runs in Australia.Even David Gower was superior to Root and Gooch in Australia.He's still the English version of Doug Walters.
@@PravinKulkarni-gy3ro He is talking about test cricket. When it comes to an entire career in test cricket, Smith stands head and shoulders above both Root and Kohli
Rabada, Cummins, Starc, Ashwin, Anderson, Broad, Steyn, Philander, Bumra, Shami, Boult, Southee... Dont overly romanticise past.. Btw.. Sachin had easiest of easy flat tracks in India from 2000-2010... India started a concept of rank turner in 2015 vs SA... 3 tests vs SA 2015 3 tests vs NZ 2016 4 tests vs Aus 2017 3 Tests vs Eng 2021 3 Tests vs Aus 2023 The list of rank turners India prepared... All are after 2015.... Sachin never played on these dustbowls
@@1239-p1k He played in an era when data analytics & sports nutrition didn't exist. He was seldom injured. Modern players have it all, yet they break down. No one will match his longevity, his stats, or his influence on the modern generation.
Rot and rubbish. The era for the best bunch of seam bowlers and spinners was, with no doubt at all, the mid 70's to the early 90's.... (Australia) Lillee, Thompson, Hogg, Lawson, Walker, (Windies) Roberts, Holding, Garner, Croft, Marshall, Daniel, Patterson, Bishop, (NZ) Hadlee, (India) Kapil Dev, (Pakistan) Imran Khan, (England) Underwood, (India) Bedi, Chandra, Venkat, Shastri, Prasana, (SA) Donald, Van der Bijl, (England) Willis, Botham, . And I'm sure there are others that have escaped my memory.....
@@rkslounge8117Data Analytics and Nutrition benefits Bowlers more than batsman... It is bowlers who does hard yard of running and sweating... Batting is more of skill... So if you say bowlers had lesser nutrition that means Sachin had it easy... If you say Data Analytics was weaker in Sachins era that means bowlers were less able to extract data to field against Sachin... But current bowlers are able to find even minuscule of weakness of a batsman... So again Sachin had it easy... Regrading Longetivity.... Yes Sachin was great. No question
Sachin did it in all formats consistently for 20+ years, that too in Era when Indian wasn't doing too well like today....Kohli surpassed him in Odi century, Root might make more run in test then him but no one can at top of every Record like he is in all formats that he played.
if Sachin was an Englishman he would have probably played 250 test matches and scored 20000 test runs....he couldn't coz India preferred many more ODIs....if you want to compare modern generation greats you also need to see their ODI runs to really compare anyone with him...and there Root is no where compared to Sachin...infact no batsman comes close to Sachin if you see combined test and ODI runs...
I don’t understand the idea that all other countries are minnows now. Especiallly in terms of bowlers root faced the best New Zealand Bangladesh sides and very good attacks from sa India Australia and west indies
Root is no way near to Sachin and Lara for the pressure and expectations they handled specially in 90's.. Batting technique wise not just Root no one is near to Sachin Tendulkar batting elegance. Respect different era players. If you are so much intrested in records and comparison talk then why don't talk on after retirement would Stokes be greater than Ian Botham to have played. Botham was gifted player for Eng.. Also Anderson vs Richard Hadlee. By far Hadlee is truly ahead.
Why didn't you tell about Bangladeshi and Zimbabwean players too? Sachin also played almost 40 to 50 tests against them too. And his batting average was far better with hhose teams rather than the strong opponents.
Ambrose, Wasim n Waqar have less test wickets than Broad. Ask British batsmen...who would they have preferred to face at lords...??? they'll tell it in a jiffy 😊
@@kuldeepmakwana7242 Nah he wasn't average for sure. Deciplined n great focus was his strength. But six sixes against Yuvi n Most runs in an over in Test Cricket against Bumrah are both his dubious records
Jack Hobbs is England's best ever. Hands down. Root is only mounting a case to be included in England's best team at the moment. How he goes in the next few years will be interesting.
Smith is actually better than Root. Root is equal to Kohli. Root is better than Willi. But since Root plays a lot more tests as England plays a lot more tests, he appears to be bigger than what he is.
Root is definitely better than Kohli. Not as comfortable as Smith vs Kohli. And in the current purple patch of Root I wouldn't have him too far behind Smith, who like Kohli has gone off the boil in last couple of years.
@@saadparekh Root with his current purple patch is still only picked up to the level of Kohli... Even after playing around 150 Tests he scored only 32 centuries... Kohli in 113 has 29. And both has same average... Before Kohli's out of form period and Roots purple patch Root had 16 centuries vs Kohli 27 and Root had 47 average vs Kohli's 55... So Root in recent times compensated it. But he was too far behind, so he is now more or less equal to Kohli after recent form...
I think it also comes down to the quality of bowlers that sachin has faced and root has faced. The sachin era was completely different filled with one or two legendary bowlers in every team and today there is hardly one bowler that matches the quality of shane warne, murlitharan, brett lee, macgrath, shaun tait, wasim, waqar, akhtar, ambrose, Dennis lillee, etc etc. And top of that in recent times countries apart from india, australia, england, are not taking test cricket seriously and because of that the quality of test cricket has also came down. Thats why i dont think we should compair root with sachin, i think he will easily break sachin's record but he can never match the legacy and quality of sachin. He is just making runs agains weaker opponents.
Sachin days there use to be 1 new ball. As soon as it usually hit 30 overs the ball use to reverse compared to now where is 2 new balls and rules are very friendly for batters. Root is phenomenal no doubt but he ain't no Sachin
Records will come and go. But guys like Sobers, Viv Richards, Sachin, Sunil Gavaskar, Lara, Bradman are in totally different league in tests than Joe Root. No comparison there.
When I was a kid, Gavaskar joked once in a newspaper column when he wrote that Phil Tuffnel getting one wicket now gives the British press a chance to call him the bast spinner in the world. I didn't understand then why he made that joke. I do now.
@@satyathota9546 Younis Khan is not even close to the list, excellent player but top 25, Sanga was amazing but his record is a little inflated by weaker teams? Viv was again amazing but probably not as great a test batter as he was in Odis? Ponting is genuinely amazing but waned heavily at the end and again bit weak against high quality spin, top 10 tho. I mean are any of these guys better than smith sachin or bradman?
England plays an average of 10.5 tests a year. India plays 8.5. In Sachins era, it was even less - around 6. Afghanistan plays an average of 2 a year. It is this imbalance that allows Root and Cook to play so much more. Not fair at all.
My back of a napkin calulculation, Root will require another 38 tests to catch Sachin if he keeps going at his current rate (ie. by 202 tests) Given the volume of test matches England play, this could be in three or four years. Hope he does it. He’s still young enough. Sachin took 24 years. Root will take about 16. Says a lot about how packed the English calendar is. If Sachin played as many tests per year, he would be out of sight by now…..and let’s not mention one DG Bradman!
Root is averaging around 50 ..to cross Tendulkar he needs to average 60 plus in the next 3 to 4 years. I can't see Root averaging 60 inbthe next 3 to 4 years. Age will slow him down as he cross 35.
@@qtube8403 if kohli, root, kane play same number of test in each country as steve smith, then all of their average drops.. Kohli 46 (3 run drop) Root 39 (10 run drop) Kane 39 (15 run drop) Steve smith in this comparison has advantage of home, but it shows, eben with this, kohli is less affected.... But with number of matches in tough conditions & against strong teams increases, root & kane trembles 😅
In order for us to acknowledge Root as the better batter than Sachin if Root gets the record, it would require the internet idiots who still say things like “Clouderson” to admit that someone other than an Indian is capable of being good.
Avg of 50, if he plays 70 innings and if he performs same way in next 70 innings only then he can surpass Sachin Honestly I don’t think it is achievable In next 18 months Eng can maximum have 24 innings He will be already 35
Test bowling has seen a big big decline compared to what it was earlier. These days most bowlers want to do well in t20 which is a completely different ball game. Fitness is one of the biggest issue cuz you will make most of your name and money by just bowling 4 overs so no real motivation to keep yourself in the condition to bowl 25 overs in a day. You can spend that time in practicing those t20 lengths.
At his current rate that’ll be a minimum of another 70 innings and factoring in his average will drop as has all batters in later years so that’s 35-40 more tests. Given the next ashes are in australia where root is appalling I think the record is safe
Tendulkar scored 10 centuries against Zimbabwe plus bangladesh and batted in flat pitch era. So root is already better but he needs to score a few in Australia even though the pitches are not as flat there as they wrre in sachins era
He think Root won't kick on, I feel he will have a decline. I think of Sachin and his ability to drive with his wrists dictating direction of the ball. Lara could do something similar. It just looks amazing when the bat face is opened/closed to direct the ball. Can't remember Root doing that. Might be wrong though.
Top Ten Batters in TESTS of the last 30 years: 1. B.Lara 2. S.Tendulkar 3. K.Sangakkara 4. J.Kallis 5. Younis Khan 6. S. Smith 7. K. Williamson 8. R. Ponting 9. R.Dravid 10 J.Root .... but what about = (G.Smith/H.Amla/M.Jayawardene/M.Hayden/M.Yousuf/V.Sehwag)
This era has lesser quality opposition teams than before, the number of world class or all time great bowlers are missing. With the emergence of T20 the Test too look different and faster. If Root cannot break Sachin's record, then it's a great miss for him. Still like Virat in ODI, Root cannot be greater than Sachin.
No he will not catch him and no he is not a better batter. Seriously though, I think he can catch and pass Ponting but Sachin is another 2500+ runs away and that’s too far.
Root played 40+ tests compared to others in Fab 4... Assume he played those 40 Tests less... Root would have had 8500-9000 runs and 24-26 centuries... Which is actually lower than that of Kohli... So it is not the quality of player but amount of matches that his nation plays which makes a better batsman???? In my opinion only Smith can be compared to Sachin. Kohli/Root are a distinct 2nd.
@@ahmedshakib3883 He could had avoided playing cricket at all of it was so stressful for him. Longevity isn't related to stress. It's related to hunger and motivating yourself. When you are doing well in any area of life, after sometime hunger dies. That's where the difference between great and greatest gets defined. Sachin not only outlasted others, he even began early. It takes some serious talent to play that Windies, Pak, Australian bowlers at the age of 16. I can bet people didn't even know when root or cook were of 16 and then we have Sachin playing at international stage. We don't need to diminish anything Sachin did to give credit to others. It's gonna take a long time for cricket to find another Sachin.
Two things there is no comparison between tendulkar and any of the modern lads like there is no comparison between Bradman and Tendulkar. Second, scoring in test after reaching 36 or above is a different ball game because of the reflexes coming into action. He's past his prime and a downfall is about to arrive for a year or two . Considering all that he's not going to cross the 15000 mark let alone making 921 more
Absolutely no one will ever rate Root above Sachin. I think he has an incredible chance to surpass the Test runs record, but behave yourselves. Sachin carried 1bn people on his shoulders, on pitches that weren't desgined for runs fests.
I don't think so,how many 18 year olds,can tour and play in Australia against an attack with Shane Warne and score a hundred,one Sachin Tendulkar 🏏.... Tendulkar is still greater
lets say root plays 4 more years, when he will be 38. average tests played by england in an year is 8-10. considering england plays 10 tests in next 4 years that would be 40 matches. considering he plays all the 40 matches which is actually impossible with age as well but anyways. current average of root in tests is 50. even with that 40 matches with average of 50 so those would be 80 innings that would be around 4000 runs, he needs 3500 runs aprox to cross sachin. which seems possible. but first, with age the form drops, second it would be difficult to remain injury free, third considering he has to play till 38. even if he plays till 37 it won't be possible, he has to play till 38 or 39
Comparing batters across eras is hard then again there are different types of batters. Sobers and Kallis average the same with the bat but that’s where the similarities end!
You have just stacked up a lot of 2000s era batsman... Nostalgia??? Hayden Dravid Sanga are not worthy to be in top 10... They played in absolute flat pitches of 2000s... Dravid is not even India's top 3 batsman... 1.Sachin 2.Gavaskar 3.Kohli 4.Dravid 5.Hazare Hayden is way way way below Smith. 1.Bradman 2.Ponting 3.Smith(2nd if he finishes on high) Sanga did a lot of stats boosting vs Minnows.
@@1239-p1k Dravid is second after tendulkar in test for india dude. Remember the 2011 test series against England? Was that a flat pitch series? Open your mind dude
New Zealand, Bangladesh, England, India became a better bowling teams. South Africa home matches became more difficult place to bat. England went from batting paradise in 1990s-2000s to heavily seam friendly pitches in 2010s. India went from batting paradise of 2000s to rank turners in 2010s... So an average of 45 is new 50 for a English/Indian/Australian batsman...