New Delhi, July 26 -- Ever since Joe Root surpassed former Australian Ricky Ponting in the second place in the list for Test runs at Old Trafford on Friday, the England batter is being touted to break legendary Sachin Tendulkar's record in next two-three year's time. But the former England captain isn't much interested in chasing individual records and instead focussed on winning matches for the national team.

Starting the fourth Test against India at fifth spot, Root jumped three positions to be placed just behind Tendulkar to become the second-highest run scorer in Tests. On his way to 13409 runs, Root surpassed Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Ponting and is just 2512 behind Tendulkar's tally of 15921.

Asked about chasing Tendulkar f...