Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root - Statistical comparison after 146 Test matches

Sachin Tendulkar vs Joe Root - Statistical comparison after 146 Test matches

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After 146 Tests, Sachin had scored 11782 runs in his career in 237 innings.

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Joe Root has scored 12402 runs so far in his career after 146 Tests in 267 innings.

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Tendulkar averaged a staggering 55.57 after 146 Test matches.

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Root is a little behind here as he is averaging 50.62 after playing 146 matches in Tests.

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Sachin had scored 39 centuries and 49 fifties after 146 Test matches of his career.

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Root has 34 hundreds and 64 fifties to his name so far.

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By 146 Tests, Sachin had registered 13 ducks in his career.

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Root, meanwhile, is also closer to him with 12 ducks in as many Test matches.

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Root needs 3519 runs to break Sachin's world record of being the highest run-scorer in Tests. Will he be able to do it?

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