• About us
  • Contact us
  • Our team
  • Terms of Service
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Kashmir Images - Latest News Update
Epaper
  • TOP NEWS
  • CITY & TOWNS
  • LOCAL
  • BUSINESS
  • NATION
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • ON HERITAGE
    • CREATIVE BEATS
    • INTERALIA
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • OTHER VIEW
    • ART SPACE
  • Photo Gallery
  • CARTOON
  • EPAPER
No Result
View All Result
Kashmir Images - Latest News Update
No Result
View All Result
Home SPORTS

Root surpasses Ponting, next in sight is all-time leading run-getter Tendulkar

Press Trust of india by Press Trust of india
July 25, 2025
in SPORTS
A A
0
FacebookTwitterWhatsapp

Manchester: The prolific Joe Root on Friday surpassed Australian legend Ricky Ponting’s tally to become the second highest run-getter in the history of Test cricket and next in sight of the England batter is Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar who continues to head the list.

On the third day of the fourth Test against India here, Root first leapfrogged legendary Indian Rahul Dravid and South African great Jacques Kallis’ aggregate of runs in a space of eight balls and then went past Ponting by steering the ball behind point for a single as the Old Trafford crowd gave him a standing ovation.

Related posts

Bumrah picks up fifer but England draw parity with India by making 465 all out

No show at The Oval triggers debate about Bumrah’s Test future

August 2, 2025

Durand Cup: Indian Navy edge past Real Kashmir FC 2-1

August 2, 2025

Ponting had scored 13378 runs in 168 matches at an average of 51.85, while Tendulkar continues to top the list with 15921 runs.

It was apt that Ponting was in the commentary box when Root went past him. The 34-year-old Root began his Test career with a 73-run knock on debut during England’s tour of India back in 2012 at Nagpur.

“Congrats, Joe Root. Magnificent,” a delighted Ponting, doing commentary alongside Ravi Shastri, hailed the Yorkshire man.

Root is playing in his 157th Test.

It was some sight as England skipper Ben Stokes, who was also in the middle, raised his bat even before Root could take off his helmet and acknowledged the cheers and applause from the crowd and the players

Earlier, Root entered the history books by breaking the record of most Test centuries against India with his 12th hundred against the Asian giants, against whom he has played in 34 Tests so far.

Root had equalled Australian Steve Smith’s record (11 centuries) in the third India-England Test at Lord’s last week by scoring a hundred (104 runs from 199 balls) in the first innings.

Overall, the ton at Old Trafford was his 38th in red ball format as he joined former Sri Lanka star Kumar Sangakkara at fourth place in the list of centurions in the game’s longest format.

Tendulkar (51), Jacques Kallis (45) and Ponting (41) are ahead of him in the hundred’s list.

Previous Post

Satwik-Chirag breeze into semis, Unnati Hooda bows out of China Open

Next Post

Root strikes 38th Test hundred as England pile misery on India

Press Trust of india

Press Trust of india

Next Post
India series shows Test cricket is alive and kicking: Root

Root strikes 38th Test hundred as England pile misery on India

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ePaper

  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Our team
  • Terms of Service
E-Mailus: kashmirimages123@gmail.com

© 2024 Kashmir Images - Designed by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • TOP NEWS
  • CITY & TOWNS
  • LOCAL
  • BUSINESS
  • NATION
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • OPINION
    • EDITORIAL
    • ON HERITAGE
    • CREATIVE BEATS
    • INTERALIA
    • WIDE ANGLE
    • OTHER VIEW
    • ART SPACE
  • Photo Gallery
  • CARTOON
  • EPAPER

© 2024 Kashmir Images - Designed by GITS.