Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara all achieved the landmark of 10,000 runs in test cricket from 195 innings each.
From India, Rahul Dravid is the second best after Sachin Tendulkar having reached 10000 runs in test cricket from 2006 innings. Younis Khan from Pakistan and MahelaJayawardene from Sri Lanka follow who did it in 208 and 210 innings respectively.
Another Indian name who is part of almost every run scoring list is the great Sunil Gavaskar who did it in 212 innings. Following him is the brilliant South African all rounder Jacques Kallis who took just 217 innings to reach 10000 test runs.
Root achieved the feat in the first test of the three match series between England and New Zealand. Truth be told, New Zealand were ahead of the game at various points but let the momentum slip away.
"The momentum shift was the real difference," Root said. "It got me going and meant that we could be really smart with our running between the wickets and really put pressure on that way and slowly creep up. I thought Ben was very smart in the way that he played it as well: he saw that match-up with the left-arm spinner and you talk about how T20 cricket can come into this [format] - it was a really important over."
"With Colin going off injured it meant that they were going to have to keep bringing their seamers back, keep them tired, and it was almost like once I was in and I felt quite comfortable, trying to get ahead of it last night while there were overs in their legs was the smart play. To try and get the score as far down as possible last night was a really important factor in what we were trying to do."
