Sachin Tendulkar (Record Book afraid of this name)

Sachin Tendulkar, the name that makes you watch your television even when you are in the urgency of doing things, that keeps us glued in one position, that entertains you in all forms of cricket on any given day, that keeps your love going for the game of cricket, that keeps ringing on our mind when you talk about cricket, that holds almost all the batting records in the form of cricket. Below is a list of some of the achievements he has made in his career thus far.

Test Cricket

Game Appearances:

i) On his Test debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the third youngest debutant (16y 205d). Mushtaq Mohammad (15y 124d) and Aaqib Javed (16y 189d) debuted in Test matches younger to Tendulkar. Since then, there have been 2 players who were younger than Sachin on their Test Cricket debut: Hasan Raza - Pakistan (14y 227d), the current youngest debutant, and Mohammad Sharif - Bangladesh(15y 128d).

ii) Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (177).

Runs Scored:

i) Highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket with 14692* Test runs.

ii) Career Average (1989–2010, 177 Tests, 14,692 runs) at 56.94.

iii) Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259.

iv) Second Indian after Sunil Gaveskar to make over 10000 runs in test matches.

v) Tendulkar and Brain Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.

vi) Sachin Tendulkar (8145) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.

vii) Sachin Tendulkar (29) world record of Centuries in Tests away from home.

viii) First player to reach 12,000-13,000-14,000 Test runs.

ix) Holds the record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 2010 (1562*), 2008 (1063), 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).

x) Sachin Tendulkar is the fourth highest run-getter in a single calendar year in Test History. He has scored 1562 runs in 2010 and is behind Mohammad Yousuf (1788 runs in 2006), Viv Richards (1710 runs in 1976) and Graeme Smith (1656 runs in 2008).

Centuries:

i) Highest number of Test centuries(51), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34). On October 10, 2010 (Need to verify) in Bengaluru (Bangalore) against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar trophy's second and final Test match Sachin Tendulkar reached a milestone. With a single to third man, Tendulkar reached his 6th double century and his 49th test century.

ii) Highest number of 150+ score in Test Cricket (20)

iii) When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mustaq Mohammad had scored a century at a younger age by 1990. Tendulkar's record was bettered by Mohammad Ashraful in 2001/02 season. The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.

iv) Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

v) Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side. Gavaskar held the previous record (205 against West Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season).

vi) Tendulkar has scored centuries against all Test playing nations. He was the third batsman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. The current list also includes Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist and Marvan Atapattu.

ODI

Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include:

Game appearances:

Matches Played: 450

Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

Inning appearances: 442 ( Most ). First to appear in 400 innings in ODI matches.

On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant. Only Aaqib Javed debuted in ODI matches younger than Sachin Tendulkar. Since then, there has been 4 players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza ( Pakistan ) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammed Sharif ( Bangladesh ), Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan ) and Ramveer Raj ( UAE ).


Runs scored:

i) Most runs in an ODI Innings: Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for maximum number of runs scored in one ODI innings. He is the only batsman to score 200 runs (147ball 25x4 3x6) in an ODI against South Africa.

ii) Most runs: 18,111 Runs at the rate of 45.16 runs for every time he has gotten out (as of 4 April 2011). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000-15,000-16,000 and 17,000 run marks.

iii) First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000 and 17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs.

iv) Most centuries: 48
Only cricketer to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior, India.

Calendar Year record:

i) Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.

ii) Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

Partnership Records:

i) Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,609 runs in 136 matches that includes 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.

ii) Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad.

iii) Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

iv) Most runs (2,278 at an average of 56.95 as on 9 April 2011) in World Cup Cricket History including 6 centuries & 15 fifties with a best score of 152* against Namibia in 2003 world cup.

v) 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup.

vi) Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

vii) 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16, making him the highest run scorer in the 1996 World Cup and setting the then record for the highest runs by any player in a single Cricket World Cup - subsequently bettered by himself in the 2003 World Cup.

Combined (ODI & Test) records

i) First batsman in history to score over 90 centuries in international cricket. He now has 99 Centuries(51 in Tests and 48 in ODIs), which is still the record for the highest number of centuries in international cricket.

ii) First batsman in history to complete the 32,000 runs in (ODIs+Tests). He has now scored 32813 [ODI(18111)+Test(14692)+T20(10)].

iii) Most overall runs in international cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), with 32,000 + runs overall ( in Tests, in ODIs).

iv) Record of getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 26 times (18 in ODIs and 8 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. The 18 nineties in ODIs are an ODI record too.


Record book is afraid of this name, because it might run out of pages to note down his records. Neverending Sachin and our love for Sachin is also never ending. Sachin Rockz!!