India, July 26 -- England No.3 batter Ollie Pope believes Joe Root will be really "driven" to break Sachin Tendulkar's record of most Test runs. On Day 3 of the Manchester Test against India, the England batter registered his 38th Test ton, and with this, he also went past the likes of Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting to become the second-highest run-scorer in Tests.

Joe Root was eventually dismissed for 150 by Ravindra Jadeja. The right-handed batter is now 2,500 runs away from Sachin Tendulkar in Tests. Pope believes Root would want to become "No.1" and the former England captain definitely has the hunger.

Pope also stated that he wouldn't be surprised if Root eventually goes past Sachin Tendulkar in the elusive list. Cu...