Joe Root creates history, breaks Sachin Tendulkar's Test record

BREAKING: Joe Root passes Sachin Tendulkar's Test record, his unbeaten 62 taking him to 69 Test fifties as England complete a 3-0 series whitewash over Pakistan.

Joe Root just passed Sachin Tendulkar. Say that slowly.

His unbeaten 62 against Pakistan today took him to 69 Test fifties, and that's a record that belonged to the man an entire country calls God. There he is, bat raised, looking almost embarrassed about it. That's Root all over. No fireworks, no fuss, just another day quietly rewriting the history books.

And for context, this is the standard he's chasing down, Tendulkar, the benchmark for every batter of the last thirty years. Root keeps ticking his numbers off one by one like he's doing the weekly shop.

The cherry on top, England wrapped up the series 3-0, a clean whitewash over Pakistan. So Root gets the record, the team gets the sweep, and Pakistan get a very long flight home.

Sixty nine Test fifties. More than Tendulkar. Whatever the debate used to be, it just got a lot shorter.

This is Sara White, reporting for HIT.