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Following the five-match series 1-2, England defeated India in the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Joe Root And Jonny Bairstow Hundreds led to England chasing a record total of 378 to level the series 2-2. While Bairstow has been in top form of late, hitting tons in both innings, Root continued from there last year before the final Test was postponed. With four centuries and one half-century to his name, the former England captain finished the series as the top scorer with 737 runs. former India batsman Wasim Jaffer He feels that if Root continues to play Test cricket at this level for the next five-six years, he may break Sachin TendulkarRecord as the all-time highest run-scorer in Test cricket.
“He can do it if he plays that long. He is only 31 years old. We all know that English and Australian players don’t have long careers. But, if he plays 5-6 more years, I think that he is capable of breaking the record Jaffer said during a conversation on ESPNcricinfo,
The 31-year-old is currently ranked 12th in the Test all-time scoring chart with 10,458 runs in 121 Tests.
Root recently joined the 10,000-run club during the three-match series against New Zealand. He scored two centuries in that competition and followed it up with his second innings century at Edgbaston.
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Tendulkar, on the other hand, scored 15,921 Test runs during his illustrious career spanning 24 years.
England and India will now face each other for a three-match T20I series with the first game on Thursday at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton.
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