Team India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar recalled the moment when he knew that stalwart Joe Root would become an exceptional player and England’s future captain.

Tendulkar, during his AMA session on Reddit, recalled the way Root was rotating the strike against India during the Nagpur Test match in 2012.

“To have gone past 13,000 Test runs is a remarkable achievement, and he is still going strong. When I saw him for the first time in Nagpur in 2012 during his debut Test, I told my teammates that they were watching the future captain of England. What impressed me most was the way he was able to assess the wicket and how he rotated the strike. I knew at that very moment that he would be a big player,” said the former cricketer.