The MAN who became GOD!!
Some Less Known Records
-> He remains the only player to score century on debut in Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy. His scoring sequence were: 100 not out for Mumbai against Gujarat at Mumbai in 1988-89 in Ranji Trophy, 103 not out for Rest of India against Delhi at Delhi in 1989-90 in Irani Trophy and 159 for West Zone against East Zone at Guwahati in 1990-91 in Duleep Trophy.
-> Holds the record of most runs in between two dismissals with 497 runs in 2003-04 season (spread across three Tests and five innings with the sequence of 241*, 60*,194* and 2).
-> Has crossed 150 on 20 occasions in Test cricket – most such instances for any batsman in Test cricket.
-> Has completed his hundred with a six on SIX occasions in Test cricket – a world record.
-> Sachin has been dismissed stumped only once in Test matches. The only occasion was against England at Bangalore in 2002. Just 10 runs away from his century,Sachin got irritated by Ashley Giles’ negative bowling (bowling well outside the leg stump) and wicketkeeper James Foster effected a smart stumping.
-> Sachin has been involved in 23 run-outs. He was out on 9 occasions and his partner on 14 occasions.
-> Sachin played his first 32 Tests on different grounds.
-> Sachin’s 14 man of the match awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket.
-> Sachin’s 5 man of the series awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket.
-> Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put on 20 hundred-plus stands in Test cricket. This is a world record for the most number of century partnerships by a single pair in Test cricket.
-> Eleven bowlers have dismissed Sachin as their first wicket in Tests. They are: Hansie Cronje (South Africa), Ujesh Ranchod (Zimbabwe), Ruwan Kalpage (Sri Lanka), Mark Ealham (England), Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe), Jacob Oram (New Zealand), Monty Panesar (England), Cameron White (Australia), Peter Siddle (Australia), Peter George (Australia) and Andy McKay (New Zealand).
-> Sachin has top-scored on 53 occasions in a completed innings- more than any other Test player.
-> Between November 1989 and June 2001 Sachin played 84 consecutive Tests without a break.
-> Six times Sachin has hit winning runs in a Test – most by an Indian. Only Ricky Ponting (9) and Desmond Haynes (7) have done this more often in Test cricket.
-> Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions. He has done it seven times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007.
-> Holds the record of getting out the maximum number of times on 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 27 times (17 in ODIs and 10 in Tests) on scores of 90- 99. On one occasion in ODIs he remained unbeaten on 96. The 18 nineties in ODIs is an ODI record too.
-> Sachin’s 20 centuries against Australia are the maximum by any batsman in all forms of international cricket against a particular country, surpassing Don Bradman who had made 19 Test centuries against England.
-> Sachin’s first six in ODIs was against England at Leeds in 1990 (off Eddie Hemmings) in his sixth match.
-> Sachin’s first six in Tests was against South Africa at Cape Town in 1993 (off Omar Henry) in his 32nd innings.
-> In Tests, December has been Sachin’s most productive month. The little master aggregated 2866 runs in 36 Tests averaging 47.76.
-> In Tests, Sachin has scored most centuries in the month of January- 10. His average of 72.91 is also his best for any month.
-> Sachin has crossed 150 or more in ODIs on five occasions– most by any player.
-> In ODIs, July was Sachin’s best month average-wise. In 25 matches Sachin’s average was 52.33 while aggregating 942 runs. March (51.23) and June (51.20) were the other months in which Sachin averaged 50 or more.
-> In his ODI career Sachin Tendulkar played with 123 different team mates. 20 of them had made their ODI debut before Tendulkar, while 101 made their debut after Tendulkar. Two players- Salil Ankola and Vivek Razdan- made their ODI debut along with Tendulkar.
-> Sachin played 245 ODIs with Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, 238 with Sourav Ganguly, 223 with Mohammad Azharuddin and 204 with Javagal Srinath.
-> Only player to score four consecutive 50s on TWO occasions (in 1996 & 2003).
-> Holds the record of scoring the fastest fifty by an Indian in the World Cup (off 26 balls v Bermuda in 2007).
-> Holds the record of hitting most fours in a single edition of World Cup– 75 in 2003.
-> Holds the record of hitting most fours in all World Cup matches (221).
-> Sachin’s 134 against Australia at Sharjah in 1998 still remains the highest ODI score by any player on his birthday.
-> In 1998 Sachin won 12 man of the match awards in ODIs – most by any player in a single calendar year.
-> Brett Lee has dismissed Sachin in international cricket on 14 occasions– most for any bowler.
Some Well Known Records
-> 51 Test Hundreds. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 51 Test centuries in his 24-year Test career. He hit his first century against England at Manchester in August 1990 and his last ton was against South Africa at Cape Town in January 2011.
-> 49 ODI Hundreds. Sachin Tendulkar took five years to score his first ODI hundred. The moment he got his first ton against Australia at Colombo in 1994, the little master’s career took off and he never looked back. His last ODI ton was his hundredth international hundred scored against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2012.
-> 200 Test Match Appearances. Tendulkar comfortably heads this list with Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh being the joint-second having played 168 matches each.
-> 463 ODI Appearances. Tendulkar’s 23-year ODI career comprised 463 ODI games. Sanath Jayasuriya with 445 ODIs is second in the list.
-> 18,426 ODI Runs. Tendulkar has scored 18,426 ODI runs which is 4,722 runs clear of Ricky Ponting who is second in the list.
-> 15,921 Test Runs. Tendulkar needed 153 runs in the final innings to score 16,000 Test runs but he missed the mark by 79 runs. Tendulkar has 15,921 runs.
-> Tendulkar remains the only cricketer to take more than 150 wickets (154) and score more than 15,000 runs (18,426) in ODIs.
-> 1,894 ODI Runs in 1998.These are most runs scored by a batsman in any season in ODI cricket. Tendulkar scored 9 centuries that year.
-> 2,560 World Cup RunsIn the six World Cup appearances (1992 to 2011), Tendulkar has amassed 2,560 runs at an average of 56.95 – the most by any player in the history of the event.
-> 989 International cricketers .Tendulkar has played with and against 989 international cricketers. That includes 141 Indian cricketers and 848 opponents.
-> 62 Man of the Match Awards in ODIs.Tendulkar leads the list in ODI cricket. Sanath Jayasuriya with 48 is second. The third on the list is South Africa’s Jacques Kallis with 32 awards.
-> 15 Man of the Series Awards in ODIs. Tendulkar is leading in this category as well. Jayasuriya is second on the list.