England Test captain Ben Stokes has expressed confidence in Joe Root's potential to challenge Sachin Tendulkar's record for the most runs in Test cricket. Root recently surpassed Alastair Cook to become England's highest run-scorer in Tests during the third day of the first Test against Pakistan in Multan.

Joe Root surpassed Alastair Cook to become England's leading Test run-scorer, now only trailing Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar in the overall list. With form and fixtures favouring him,

Joe Root is now England’s top run-scorer in Test match history. After vaulting past Sir Alastair Cook, only four men – Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and Rahul Dravid – have scored more Test runs than Root.