Joe Root, England's right-handed batter, has overtaken Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run scorer in Test cricket.

Root said Tendulkar's record is not something he will focus on, but can the Yorkshire-born batter reach the top spot?

Joe Root overtook Ricky Ponting to become the second-greatest Test run-scorer in history. Root's 13,409 runs sit him behind ...

Ponting played a total of 168 Tests for Australia from 1995 to 2012 and scored 13,378 runs, whereas Root has 13,379 runs to ...

In the second session of Day 3 of the Manchester Test, Joe Root went past Ricky Ponting to become the second highest run ...

Joe Root overtakes Ricky Ponting to move to No. 2 on all-time chart of Test runs (Source: Getty Images) In yet another ...

Joe Root broke Ricky Ponting's record for most runs in Test cricket history. Only Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of him in the all ...

Joe Root became the second-highest run-scorer in Test cricket as he continued his march towards Sachin Tendulkar. Meanwhile, ...

Joe Root surpassed Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting in one innings to breathe down Sachin Tendulkar's neck in ...

England fourth Test being played at Old Trafford in Manchester, England's star batsman Joe Root set a big record. Root ...

On Day 3 of the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, Root moved quickly through a set of milestones. He first overtook ...

Joe Root, during a superb innings of exactly 150 in the fourth Test against India at Old Trafford, went from fifth to second ...