Former Indian cricketer and also reckoned as the ‘God of Cricket’, Sachin Tendulkar finished his cricketing career as the all-time highest run scorer in the history of international cricket. The legendary
cricketer amassed 34357 runs from 200 Tests, 463 ODIs, and one T20I, along with 51 centuries to his name in the longest format - which remains the highest so far. While the records are uncountable, Sachin Tendulkar remains the player with most runs in international cricket and first to cross the milestone of 30000 runs. The right-hander achieved this feat during a Test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad on November 20, 2009.
Coming to bat on day one of the Test match, Sachin Tendulkar was 39 runs short of the milestone of 30000 international runs. However, the right-hander couldn’t get a big score on board and lost his wicket after scoring a mere four runs. Thereafter, coming to bat in the second innings, Sachin Tendulkar was still 35-run short for the milestone of 30000 international runs. During the 44th over of the innings, Sachin took a single to become the first-ever player in the history to reach the milestone of 30000 runs in international cricket across all formats of the game. Along with this milestone, Sachin also brought up his 88th international hundred. The right-hander remained unbeaten on 100*(211) runs after Gautam Gambhir’s 114-run knock as India finished the final day on 412/4, leading the Test match to end in a draw.
Sachin Tendulkar Career Records
Sachin Tendulkar finished his international career with 34357 in 664 matches, which included 15921 runs in 200 Test matches, 18426 runs in 463 ODIs and 10 runs in a lone T20I. None of the other cricketers have been able to cross even 29000 runs in international cricket with Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkkara coming in the second spot with 28016 in 594 matches of his career.
Most matches in Test career: Sachin Tendulkar concluded his international cricketing career having played most matches in Tests. During his playing days from 1989 to 2013, he featured in 200 Test matches, amassing 15921 runs at an average of 53.78. He also sits at the top of the list to have score most runs in Test cricket career.
Fastest to 15000 runs in Tests: The legendary batter is the only player to have scored the fastest 15000 runs in Test cricket. He reached the feat in November 2011 in a match against West Indies in the national capital (Delhi).
Longest career in ODIs: Sachin Tendulkar retired having a longest ODI career which spanned across 22 years and 91 days, from 18 December 1989 to 18 March 2012.
Most runs in a calendar year: The former Mumbai batter leads the charts of having scored most runs in a calendar year. In 1998, Sachin scored 1894 runs from 34 matches at an average of 65.31 and a strike rate of 102.15.
