5 records of Sachin Tendulkar that Alastair Cook can break

#5 Most runs at any batting position

Cook is closing in on Gavaskar’s all-time record

Test cricket is a difficult art to master irrespective of what position you bat at, but it is particularly harder, when you open the innings, despite that Alastair Cook has managed to score more than 9,500 runs in that position. So he is well on his way to another Sachin record.

Thanks to the sheer amount of runs and his consistent position in the batting order, Sachin also holds the record for making the most number of runs at a particular batting position (number 4) with 13,492 runs.

With 9,549 runs as an opener already, Cook is not only chasing Sunil Gavaskar's all-time record of most runs (9,607) as an opener but also Sachin's all-time record of most runs at any batting position. Given Cook is unlikely to bat at any position apart from opener till the end of his career, all he needs to do is to continue to pile on the runs. If he does that another record of Sachin's will be in his possession.