England batter Joe Root is projected to overtake Sachin Tendulkar's Test run record in approximately 20 more matches, provided he maintains his current scoring rate. Root has accumulated 14,180 Test runs, trailing Tendulkar's total of 15,921 by 1,741 runs.
Since the start of 2024, Root has scored 2,794 runs in 32 Tests, averaging 47.6 runs per innings. At this rate, he would require an additional 37 innings to surpass Tendulkar's milestone. This could occur within roughly 20 Test matches. As of now, Root has 14 Tests scheduled until the end of England's next home summer, including two more Tests against Pakistan, three away Tests in South Africa, two away Tests in Bangladesh, a 150th Anniversary Test against Australia, one home Test against Bangladesh, and five Ashes Tests in 2027. The total could increase to 15 Tests if England qualifies for the World Test Championship final.
In a separate statistical analysis, data from the ball-tracking era since 2006 indicates that former Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has the highest percentage of deliveries projected to hit the stumps at 41%. Among pace bowlers, Paul Collingwood leads with nearly 19% of his deliveries hitting the stumps. Test matches in Bangladesh show the highest percentage of deliveries hitting the stumps at 27%, attributed to the prevalence of spin bowling. Conversely, Australia's pitches historically see only 12% of deliveries hitting the stumps, the lowest for any nation.
Regarding the Decision Review System (DRS), Liton Das of Bangladesh has the highest success rate among batters with 15 or more reviews since 2016, with 68.8% of his reviews being overturned. Cheteshwar Pujara of India follows with a 60% success rate, and Kraigg Brathwaite of the West Indies with 55.6%.
From a bowler's perspective, Kemar Roach of the West Indies has the highest DRS success rate, with 35% of his reviews being overturned. Chris Woakes of England is second at 29.4%, followed by Stuart Broad at 29.1%.
An examination of batting averages across all formats over the last 10 years reveals that Virat Kohli has the highest average at 56.4 among players who have scored at least 1,500 Test runs, 1,000 ODI runs, and 500 T20I runs. Kohli averages 48.3 in Tests, 67.6 in ODIs, and 50.3 in T20Is.
Analysis of batting handedness indicates that left-handed batters generally perform better across all three international formats in both men's and women's cricket when compared to right-handed batters, specifically within the top seven positions in the batting order.