Making of Joe Root: Watching Tendulkar as a kid and quitting football

Root reveals Tendulkar, Dravid, Ganguly’s role in his first Test match at Headingley

Joe Root may be hot on the heals of Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record in Test cricket but he revealed that the India great was part of his first experience of Test cricket at Headingley.

Hot on Sachin Tendulkar’s heels, Joe Root remembers master blaster’s 2002 onslaught: ‘It was a great experience’

Joe Root was just 11 years old when he saw Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid tear apart the English bowlers in Headingley 2002.

Making of Joe Root: Watching Tendulkar as a kid and quitting football

SIDDHARTH THAKUR: Joe Root's second tenure as England Test captain began in the most fitting surroundings at Headingley last month - the home of Yorkshire's favourite son.