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Joe Root has potential to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as all-time run scorer in Tests, says Geoffrey Boycott

Root, 30, amassed 426 runs in four innings at an average of 106.50 including two centuries with a high score of 228 in the just-concluded 2-0 series sweep over Sri Lanka.

ICC Test rankings: Virat Kohli loses second spot to Smith in rankings for batsmen, Cheteshwar Pujara moves up to 8th

Pujara, whose dogged half-centuries (50, 77) in the third Test helped India draw the match, is placed eighth, just behind his stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who lost one place.

New Zealand vs Pakistan: Kyle Jamieson, modest but brutal bowler who put Kiwis on top of the world