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• SACHIN - ”THE
GOD OF CRICKET”
International information:
National side India
Test debut 15 November1989 v pakistan
ODI debut 18 December 1989 v pakistan
5 wickets in innings 0 2
RUNS SCORED:
Highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket with 14240* Test runs
First player to reach 12,000-13,000-14,000 Test runs.
Holds the record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He has done it Six times - 2010
(1270*), 2008 (1063), 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs)
CENTURIES:
Highest number of Test centuries(49), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34)
Highest number of 150+ score in Test Cricket (20)
Tendulkar has scored centuries against all Test playing nations.
Records : Test cricket and ODI
ODI
• Matches Played: 442 ( Most )
• Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
RUNS SCORED:
.The only batsman to score 200 runs (147ball 25x4 3x6) in an ODI against South Africa.
He is the leading run scorer in ODI format of the game . Most runs: 17,598 Runs at the rate of 45.12
runs.
First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000, 16,000 and 17,000 ODI runs.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
Tendulkar is the only batsman to score over 3000 runs against any opponent (Australia , Sri Lanka).
ODI AWARDS:
• Most Man of the Match Awards: 61 Man of the Match Awards
• Most Man of the Series Awards: 15 Man of the Series Awards
MEDIA AWARDS:
• 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.
• In February 2010, Sachin Tendulkar was declared "Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years" by NDTV
at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards.
Acheivements:
Man of the Series Awards Man of the Match Awards
Sr.
Series Season Series Performance # Opponent Total Home Away Neutral
no
1 Australia (59 Matches) 11 5 1 5
446 (3 Matches, 5
Border-Gavaskar Trophy (
1 1997/98 Innings, 2x100, 1x50);
Australia in IndiaTest Series) 2 Bangladesh (10 Matches) 1 0 0 1
13.2-1-48-1; 2 Catches
3 England (27 Matches) 2 0 1 1
• “Now I never saw myself play, but I feel that this player is playing much the same as I used to
play, .” -Sir Don Bradman (former australian legendary batsman).
• “I have seen God, and he bats at number 3 in indian team. Yes I m talking about Sachin .”-
Mathew Hayden(australian legendary batsman)
• “There is no question about malfunctioning of flight till Sachin is boarded inside .”-hashim
amla(south african class batsman)