Will Joe Root Break Tendulkar's Record? Jos Buttler Says: 'He Won't Wake Up In...'
Jos Buttler has weighed in on whether Joe Root can beat Sachin Tendulkar's 12-year-old record of 15,921 Test runs, saying that it was 'quite attainable' if he can remain fit. Buttler explained that Root was not only hungry for runs, but he was also not focused on 'hunting down' the record, which allowed him to be not distracted.
Root jumped from fifth to second in the most recent Test against India at Old Trafford and now has 13,409 runs. A CricViz estimate said that if he can maintain the pace of the last two years, it would take him around 29 Tests to go past Tendulkar, which could be anything between two to three years. Root is still 34 and only needs to contend with depleting reflexes (no signs of that have been visible yet) to realistically get there.
'He's not hunting down Sachin Tendulkar because that's definitely not the way he plays his cricket or how he sees it," Buttler said in a podcast with former teammate, Stuart Broad. 'But he is number two on an incredibly elite list, with what seems like—if he stays fit—quite an attainable kind of thing, which is absolutely mind-blowing. He has got 21 hundreds since COVID. He is obviously in the form of his life and it is awesome to watch," he added.
Broad asked him if he has ever thought that Root won't be able to do it?
Buttler replied: 'It might just be a bit more in his favour."
'Hunger is never an issue I see with Root. He isn't going to wake up in 2-3 years and think he doesn't have the love for batting or playing for England. He has just been playing so well, even during that period when England won one game in 17 and he was captain. But he just doesn't see it like that at all. Which I think is the great thing about him. He just loves playing and winning matches. So it's going to be pretty cool to watch whether he stays at No. 2 or scales that Everest and goes to No. 1," he added.
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