Sachin Tendulkar made many records in his 24-year career. Be it most centuries or runs, he made almost all the records of cricket. He made 18426 runs in 463 ODIs and 15921 runs in 200 Test matches. He has scored a total of 100 centuries and 164 half-centuries in both these formats. Apart from this, he did many great things in his career. During a function in Mumbai, Sachin had expressed his wish that these records of his should be broken by an Indian, especially Virat Kohli or Rohit Sharma. However, Ricky Ponting has a different opinion. He has recently made a big claim, which if proved true, Sachin's dream will remain unfulfilled.

What is Ponting's claim?

Virat Kohli has already scored 50 centuries in ODIs. During the 2023 ODI World Cup, he broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI centuries. At that time, the 'Little Master' was also present there and applauded Virat. But in Test matches, he is nowhere near Sachin. On the other hand, England batsman Joe Root is rapidly scoring centuries and runs in this format. In view of this, Ricky Ponting has claimed that he can score more runs than Sachin in Tests. However, for this, he will have to continue his current form and hunger for runs for the next 4 years.

Who is how far from Sachin?

Joe Root is currently 33 years old. He has scored more than 12 thousand runs in 261 innings of 143 test matches at an average of 50.11. This includes 32 centuries. Now he is about 4 thousand runs away from Sachin's record. On the other hand, Virat is 34 years old and has played 113 matches in test matches so far, in which he has scored 8848 runs. He will have to score about 7 thousand runs to equal Sachin. Apart from this, 37-year-old Rohit Sharma has been able to score only 4137 runs in 59 test matches. Looking at these figures, it is clear that Joe Root is the closest to Sachin among the three batsmen. In such a situation, Ricky Ponting's words seem to be proving true. If this happens, Sachin's dream will remain unfulfilled.