‘Joe Root can touch Sachin Tendulkar in around 2 & 1/2 years’ – Michael Atherton after ENG star surpasses Ricky Ponting

With his hundred against India in the fourth Test, Joe Root also equalled with Sri Lankan great Kumar Sangakkara (38 hundreds) for joint fourth-most centuries in the longer format, now standing only behind Ricky Ponting (41), Jacques Kallis (45) and Sachin Tendulkar (51).