Sachin Tendulkar has scored more centuries in Test cricket and One Day Internationals than any other player.
Tendulkar celebrates reaching his 38th Test century against Australia on 5 January 2008 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer. He has scored a hundred centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and One Day International(ODI) matches, organized by the International Cricket Council. Tendulkar has scored a total of 51 centuries in Test matches and 49 centuries in ODIs; both are world records for highest number of centuries by a batsman. He scored his 100th international century on 16 March 2012 at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka against Bangladesh. In Test matches, Tendulkar has scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, and is the second batsman to score 150 against each of them. He has scored a century in at least one cricket ground of all Test cricket playing nations, except Zimbabwe. On 11 October 2010 Tendulkar broke West Indian Brian Lara's record of 19 scores of 150-plus by hitting his 20th against Australia in Bangalore; AustralianDon Bradman achieved this 150-plus mark on 18 occasions.[1] He leads the list of century-makers, ahead of Jacques Kallis who has made 40 Test centuries.[2] Tendulkar's first Test century was achieved against England in the Test match played at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1990, where he
scored 119 not out. His highest score is an unbeaten 248, against Bangladesh in 2004 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. Among his 51 centuries, Tendulkar has scored six double centuries and remained unbeaten on 15 occasions. His centuries have come in 30 different cricket grounds, with 27 of them being scored in venues outside India. Just short of a century, he has been dismissed nine times above the score of 90. [3] In ODIs, Tendulkar has scored centuries against 11 different opponents. He has scored centuries against all cricketing nations that havepermanent One Day International status. His first ODI century was against Australia in the third match of the Singer World Series, held in theR. Premadasa Stadium at Colombo in 1994. He was the first batsman to score 200 not out in ODI, which he scored against South Africa at theCaptain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior in 2010, a record at the time (now eclipsed by Virender Sehwag's 219 against the West Indies). His 49 centuries in ODIs is a world record, followed by Ricky Ponting who has 30 centuries.[4] He has scored 19 ODI centuries in India, compared to 30 in away or neutral venues. Seven of these centuries were hit at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium at Sharjah. He has been dismissed 20 times between the score of 90 and 99 and 17 times between the score of 80 and 89. [5]
Contents
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1 List of Test cricket centuries 2 List of ODI centuries 3 List of centuries by opponent 4 List of centuries by year 5 See also 6 References 7 External links
119*
England
Away
14 August 1990
Draw[6]
148*
Australia 1
Away
6 January 1992
Draw[7]
114
Australia 1
Away
3 February 1992
Lost[8]
No.
Score
Against
Inn.
Test
Venue
H/A
Date
Result
111
South Africa
Away
165
England
Home
12 February 1993
Won[10]
104*
Sri Lanka
Away
31 July 1993
Won[11]
142
Sri Lanka
Home
19 January 1994
Won[12]
179
West Indies
Home
2 December 1994
Draw[13]
122
England
8 June 1996
Lost[14]
10
177
England
Away
5 July 1996
Draw[15]
11
169
South Africa
Away
4 January 1997
Lost[16]
12
143
Sri Lanka
Away
3 August 1997
Draw[17]
13
139
Sri Lanka
Away
11 August 1997
Draw[18]
14
148
Sri Lanka
Home
4 December 1997
Draw[19]
15
155*
Australia 2
Home
No.
Score
Against
Inn.
Test
Venue
H/A
Date
Result
16
177
Australia 1
Home
26 March 1998
Lost[21]
17
113
New Zealand
Away
18
136
Pakistan
Home
31 January 1999
Lost[23]
19
124*
Sri Lanka
Away
28 February 1999
Draw[24]
20
126*
New Zealand
Home
13 October 1999
Draw[25]
21
217
New Zealand
Home
30 October 1999
Draw[26]
22
116
Australia 1
Away
23
122
Zimbabwe
Home
24
201*
Zimbabwe
Home
25
126
Australia 1
Home
20 March 2001
Won[30]
26
155
South Africa
Away
3 November 2001
Lost[31]
27
103
England
Home
No.
Score
Against
Inn.
Test
Venue
H/A
Date
Result
28
176
Zimbabwe
Home
24 February 2002
Won[33]
29
117
West Indies
Away
30
193
England
Headingley, Leeds
Away
23 August 2002
Won[35]
31
176
West Indies
Home
3 November 2002
Draw[36]
32
241*
Australia 1
Away
4 January 2004
Draw[37]
33
194*
Pakistan
Away
29 March 2004
Won[38]
34
248*
Bangladesh
Away
35
109
Sri Lanka
Home
36
101
Bangladesh
Away
37
122*
Bangladesh
38
154*
Australia 1
Away
4 January 2008
Lost[43]
39
153
Australia 1
Away
25 January 2008
Draw[44]
No.
Score
Against
Inn.
Test
Venue
H/A
Date
Result
40
109
Australia 1
Home
6 November 2008
Won[45]
41
103*
England
Home
42
160
New Zealand
Away
20 March 2009
Won[47]
43
100*
Sri Lanka
Home
44
105*
Bangladesh
Away
18 January 2010
Won[49]
45
143
Bangladesh
Away
25 January 2010
Won[50]
46
100
South Africa
9 February 2010
Lost[51]
47
106
South Africa
Home
15 February 2010
Won[52]
48
203
Sri Lanka
Away
28 July 2010
Draw[53]
49
214
Australia 1
Home
11 October 2010
Won[54]
50
111*
South Africa
Away
51
146
South
Away
4 January
Draw[56]
No.
Score
Against Africa
Inn.
Test Town
Venue
H/A
Date 2011
Result
Key
* denotes that he remained not out. denotes that he was the captain of the Indian team in that match. Test denotes the number of the Test match played in that series. Inn. denotes the number of the Indian innings in the Test match. H/A denotes whether the venue was in home (India) or away. Lost denotes that the match was lost by India. Won denotes that the match was won by India. Draw denotes that the match was drawn.
110
Australia
84.61
September 9, 1994
Won[57]
115
New Zealand
84.55
Home
105
West Indies
78.35
Won[59]
112*
Sri Lanka
104.67
Neutral
April 9, 1995
Won[60]
127*
Kenya
92.02
Home
Won[61]
137
Sri Lanka
Home
March 2, 1996
Lost[62]
No.
Score
Against
Pos.
Inn.
S/R
Venue
H/A/N
Date
Result
100
Pakistan
90.09
Padang, Singapore
Neutral
April 5, 1996
Won[63]
118
Pakistan
84.28
Neutral
Won[64]
110
Sri Lanka
79.71
Away
Lost[65]
10
114
South Africa
90.47
Home
Won[66]
11
104
Zimbabwe
Neutral
12
117
New Zealand
85.40
Home
Won[68]
13
100
Australia
Home
April 7, 1998
Won[69]
14
143
Australia
109.16
Neutral
Lost[70]
15
134
Australia
102.29
Neutral
Won[71]
16
100*
Kenya
97.08
Home
Won[72]
17
128
Sri Lanka
97.70
Away
18
127*
Zimbabwe
97.69
Away
September
Won[74]
No.
Score
Against
Pos.
Inn.
S/R
Venue
H/A/N
Result
19
141
Australia
Neutral
20
118*
Zimbabwe
105.35
Neutral
November 8, 1998
Won[76]
21
124*
Zimbabwe
134.78
Neutral
Won[77]
22
140*
Kenya
Neutral
Won[78]
23
120
Sri Lanka
85.10
Won[79]
24
186*
New Zealand
124.00
Home
November 8, 1999
Won[80]
25
122
South Africa
88.40
Home
Won[81]
26
101
Sri Lanka
72.14
Neutral
27
146
Zimbabwe
95.42
Home
December 8, 2000
Lost[83]
28
139
Australia
Home
Won[84]
29
122*
West Indies
93.12
Neutral
No.
Score
Against
Pos.
Inn.
S/R
Venue
H/A/N
Date
Result
30
101
South Africa
78.29
Away
October 5, 2001
Lost[86]
31
146
Kenya
Neutral
32
105*
England
97.22
Away
33
113
Sri Lanka
Neutral
Won[89]
34
152
Namibia
Neutral
Won[90]
35
100
Australia
84.03
Home
36
102
New Zealand
112.08
Won[92]
37
141
Pakistan
104.44
Away
Lost[93]
38
123
Pakistan
94.61
Home
Lost[94]
39
100
Pakistan
88.49
Away
40
141*
West Indies
95.27
Neutral
Lost[96]
41
100*
West
131.57
Home
January 31,
Won[97]
No.
Score
Against Indies
Pos.
Inn.
S/R
H/A/N
Date 2007
Result
42
117*
Australia
97.5
Away
March 2, 2008
Won[98]
43
163*
New Zealand
Away
March 8, 2009
Won [99]
44
138
Sri Lanka
103.76
Away
Won[100]
45
175
Australia
124.11
Home
November 5, 2009
Lost [101]
46
200*
South Africa
136.05
Home
Won[102]
47
120
England
104.35
Home
Tied[103]
48
111
South Africa
Home
Lost[104]
49
114
Bangladesh
77.55
Away
Lost[105]
Key
* denotes that he was not out. denotes that he was the captain of the Indian team in that match. Pos. denotes his position in the batting order. Inn. denotes innings in the match. S/R denotes strike rate. H/A/N denotes whether the venue is home (India), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
Australia
11
20
Sri Lanka
17
South Africa 7
12
England
New Zealand 4
Zimbabwe
West Indies
Pakistan
Bangladesh
10
Kenya
N/A
11
Namibia
N/A
Total
51
49
100
Year
Test
ODI
Total
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Year
Test
ODI
Total
1998
12
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Year
Test
ODI
Total
2011
2012
Total
51
49
100
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Sachin Tendulkar
This article contains the achievements of Sachin Tendulkar, a cricket player who has set many records and received many awards for his cricketing skill, particularly in batting. Below is a list of some of his achievements he has made in his career thus far.
Contents
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1 Records
o o o
2 Awards
o o o o
2.1 Official awards 2.2 Media awards 2.3 Others 2.4 Match awards
[edit]Records
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Tendulkar's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
[edit]Test
cricket
Game appearances:
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 Sachin. 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 [1] Sharif - Bangladesh (15y 128d).
Career Highlight
Highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket with 15,470 Test runs. Career average (19892012, 188 Tests, 15,470 runs) at 55.44.
[2]
Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player [3] behind Allan Borderand Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches. Sachin and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them [4] achieved this in 195 innings. Sachin Tendulkar (8705) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home. Sachin Tendulkar (29) world record of Centuries in Tests away from home. First player to reach 12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000 Test runs. Holds the record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 2010 (1562 runs), 2008 (1063 runs), 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). 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 (1780 runs in 2006), Viv Richards (1710 runs in 1976) and Graeme Smith (1656 runs in 2008). Sachin Tendulkar created yet another record on 8 November 2011 when he became the first cricketer to score 15,000 runs in Test cricket, during the opening Test match against the West Indies [5] at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi. Sachin Tendulkar created a world record for aggregating most runs in the fourth innings in Tests, going past Rahul Dravid's tally of 1507 runs during India's second innings of the first Test against [6] West Indies.
Centuries:
Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in International Cricket (Including Test and ODI). Tendulkar scored his 100th century on 16 March 2012 in the Asia [7] Cup against Bangladesh. 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 reached a milestone. With a single to third man, Tendulkar reached his 6th double century and his 49th test century. Highest number of 150+ score in Test Cricket (20) When Sachin scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mushtaq 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 [8] centurion was held by Kapil Dev. Sachin's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record. Sachin 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 [9] Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season). Sachin 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, Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
[10]
[edit]ODI Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include: Game appearances: Matches played: 462 Consecutive ODI appearances: 185
[13]
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 four players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza (Pakistan) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammad Sharif (Bangladesh), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) andRamveer Rai (UAE)
Runs scored: Most runs in an ODI Innings: Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for being the first batsman to score 200 runs (147 balls 25x4 3x6) in an ODI against South Africa. It was the highest score by any
batsman for a while, before Virender Sehwag scored 219 (149 balls, 25x4 7x6) against West Indies in [14][15] the 4th ODI of the 2011 home series against them. Most runs: 18,111 Runs at the rate of 45.16 runs for every time he has gotten out all>(as of 4 April 2011)all>. He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 run marks. First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs. Most centuries: 49 Only cricketer along with compatriot Virender Sehwag to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior, India. Fifties). First player to make 3000 runs against two teams- sri lanka and australia On 8 December 2011, Virender Sehwag scored a double hundred at Indore.
Calendar year record: Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998. Most centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
Partnership records: Sachin 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 [16] partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record. Sachin and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they [17] scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he [18] shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. 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 * 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 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 === * 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. First batsman in history to complete the 33,000 runs in (ODIs+Tests). He has now scored 33854 runs [ODI(18374)+Test(15470)+T20(10)]. Most overall runs in international cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), with 33,000 + runs overall ( in Tests, in ODIs). Record of getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 28 times (18 in ODIs and 10 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. The 18 nineties in ODIs are an [19] ODI record too.
[edit]Awards [edit]Official
awards
[20] [21]
1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1999: Padma Shri - India's fourth highest civilian award
[23] [24] [25] [22]
2008: Padma Vibhushan - India's second highest civilian award ICC World Test XI: 2009,2010 ICC World ODI XI: 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 , 2011 Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2010
2010: ICC Cricketer of the year - Highest award in the ICC listings
[edit]Media
awards
In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport [26] personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year" The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others. In February 2010, Sachin Tendulkar was declared "Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years" by NDTV at [28] the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.
[27]
[edit]Others He is the only player of current generation who was included by Sir Don Bradman in his squad of playing eleven.
[edit]Match
awards
Main article: List of ODI Awards for Sachin Tendulkar Man of Series awards
[11] [12]
Batting
Fielding
Opposition
Matches
Runs
Average
Bangladesh
820
136.66
248*
England
28
2423
56.34
193
19
Australia
35
3438
57.30
241*
11
22
Series
Season
Series performance
446 (3 Matches, 5 Border-Gavaskar Innings, 1 Trophy(Australia in India Test 1997/98 2x100, 1x50); Series) 13.2-1-48-1; 2 Catches
278 Runs (6 Border-Gavaskar Innings, 2 Trophy(India in Australia Test 1999/00 1x100, 2x50); Series) 9-0-46-1
307 Runs (4 Innings, England in India Test Series 2001/02 1x100, 2x50); 17-3-50-1; 4
Catches
England
1990
1st Innings: 68 (8x4); 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 119 (17x4) 1st Innings: 165 (24x4, 1x6); 2-1-5-0
England
Chepauk, Chennai
New Zealand
Chepauk, Chennai
1st Innings: 4 (1x4); 1 Catch 4 Australia Chepauk, Chennai 1997/98 2nd Innings: 155 (14x4, 4x6) 1st Innings: 0; 3-0-10-1 5 Pakistan Chepauk, Chennai 1998/99 2nd Innings: 136 (18x4); 7-135-2
1st Innings: 217 (29x4) 6 New Zealand Motera, Ahmedabad 1999/00 2nd Innings: 15 (3x4); 5-2-190 1st Innings: 116 (9x4, 1x6) 7 Australia MCG, Melbourne 1999/00 2nd Innings: 52 (4x4) 1st Innings: 97 (12x4, 2x6); 51999/00 1-10-3 2nd Innings: 8 (2x4); 1-0-4-0 Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1st Innings: 36 (7x4); 7-0-33-0 2002/03 2nd Innings: 176 (26x4) 1st Innings: 241 (33x4) 10 Australia SCG, Sydney 2003/04 2nd Innings: 60 (5x4); 6-0-360; 1 Catch 1st Innings: 153 11 Australia Adelaide 2007/08 2nd Innings: 13 New Zealand 1st Innings: 160 Hamilton 2009 2nd Innings: DNB 1st Innings: 105* 13 Bangladesh Chittagong 2010 2nd Innings: 16 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 1st Innings: 214 (22x4, 2x6) 2010 2nd Innings: 53* (5x4, 2x6)
West Indies
12
14
Australia
Tendulkar has won a record 16 Man of the Series(MoS) and (62 Man of the Match(MoM) awards in ODI [29] Matches. He has the distinction of having won MoM Award against all ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations). UAE (2 Matches), Netherlands (1 Match) and Bermuda (1 match) are the only teams against whom he has not won a Man of the Match Award in ODI Cricket. Man of the Match awardsSachin Tendulkar
Opponent Australia (59 matches) Bangladesh (10 matches) England (27 matches) New Zealand (38 matches) Pakistan (61 matches)
11
South Africa (50 4 matches) Sri Lanka (65 matches) West Indies (38 matches) Zimbabwe (34 matches) Kenya (10 matches) Namibia (1 match) Total (381 matches)
10
11
56
19
10
27
1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI 2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 48
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI 4. Most number of man of the matches(62) in the ODIs 5. Most number of man of the series(17) in ODIs 6. Best average for man of the matches in ODIs 7. First cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI 8. First cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI 9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (2,278 at an average of 56.95 as on 2 April 2011) 10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup 11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16 12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup 13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. 14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 95 15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 453 16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years. 17. Most number of 100's in test's 51 18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so 19. He was the first cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India 's highest sporting honor only to be followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player 21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman. 22. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, 23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts 24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire 25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. 26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times 27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman 28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world 29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost. 30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (10) against Australia 31. In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News. 32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes. 33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year 34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others. 35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries 37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of March 2012 he had accumulated almost 33,500 runs overall. 38. Is most number of runs in test cricket surpassing Brian Lara 39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches 40. The 22 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record 41. 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 42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid 43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998 44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (48 Centuries and 95 Fifties)(as of 07th March, 2012) 45. The only player ever to cross the 14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI. 46. Second highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200* against South Africa at Gwalior in 2011). 47. The score of 200* is the second highest score recorded in ODI matches 48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations. 49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs 50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds 51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world 53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century 54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record 55. 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 56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. 57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs 58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world. 59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home 60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings 61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches 62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar 64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(183) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances). 65. First to 25,000 international runs 66. Tendulkar's 33,854 runs in international cricket include 18,374 runs in ODI's, 15,470 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played. 67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka . He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket. 68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15000 runs in ODI 69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wickets and more than 11000 runs in Tests [edit]See
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