Geoffrey Boycott believes Joe Root has the skills to score more runs than Sachin in Tests

Former English Test cricketer Geoffrey Boycott reckons that England's current Test skipper Joe Root has potential and talent to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as all-time run-scorer in longest format of game. 

Root h amassed 426 runs in four innings at an aver of 106.50 in recently-concluded two Test matches against Sri Lanka in ir own backyard where England completed a 2-0 whitewash. Root h scored 228 in first Test and 186 in second. 

're is reason why...': Geoffrey Boycott 

“Forget just scoring more Test runs for England than David Gower, Kevin Pietersen, and myself. Joe Root has potential to play 200 Tests and score more runs than even Sachin Tendulkar,” Boycott wrote in a column for Telegraph.

“Root is only 30. He has played 99 Tests and scored 8249 runs alrey. As long as he does t suffer serious injury re is reason why he cant beat Tendulkar’s all-time record of 15,921,” he ded.

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elegant number three batsman will be leing England in four-match Test series against India starting February 5 and visitors would be hoping to repeat heroics of 2012/13 season where y h registered a 2-1 win in (four-match series) under leership of former iconic opener Alastair Cook. That remains England's last Test series win on Indian soil to date.

India Vs England: Test series

four-match Test series will also constitute a major part of ongoing inaugural ICC World Test Championship. tour kicks off with first Test that will be played in Chennai's M.A. Chidambaram Stium. 

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Here are fixtures of four-match Test series:

1st Test:  5th-9th Feb (Chennai)

2nd Test: 13th-17th Feb (Chennai)

3rd Test:  24th-28th Feb (Ahmedab)

4th Test:  4th 8th Mar (Ahmedab)

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