Root recalls watching Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly score centuries at Headingley

England captain Joe Root recalled watching Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly score centuries at Headingley as his first memory of attending a Test match. India piled on more than 600 runs and won by an innings during that 2002 encounter.

Root, who is 1,643 runs short of Tendulkar's record of 15,921 Test runs, said he attended the match with his local cricket club Rotherham Town. He described it as a wonderful experience watching the Indian batters dominate the England attack.

Root recently became the eighth batter to cross 23,000 international runs across formats. He is also the third-most capped player in Test cricket behind Tendulkar and James Anderson.