Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Sachinama: The glorious past of Sachin Tendulkar

Here is what a fan of Sachin has sent into in response to our suggestion that he be dropped from the team. The fan, expectedly, relises only on the past glories. Let's see the Sachinama.
The records of Sachin Tendulkar are listed below:

Test Cricket
Tendulkar was the youngest Indian to make a Test debut.
Tendulkar holds the record for playing most test matches by an indian.
Tendulkar is the first Indian to score more than 11000 runs in test cricket.
Tendulkar is the first Indian and second in the world to score fastest 10000 runs in test cricket.
He holds the record for scoring highest number of runs in test cricket away from home (5751 runs. The second being 5736 runs scored by Brian lara.)
His career average of 55.19 is - the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs as well as above 11,000 runs
Tendulkar has scored more than 1000 runs in 4 seasons. Sunil Gavaskar is the only other India who has done so.
Tendulkar holds the record for most centuries in Test Cricket (39 centuries):
Tendulkar is the youngest indian to score a test century..
Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.
Tendulkar holds the current record for highest score (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side.
Tendulkar was the first Indian and 3rd in the world to score centuries against all test playing nations. Subseaquently Rahul Dravid has achieved this feat.
Sachin's 37th century against Bangladesh during the 2007 series 2nd Test, made history as it was the 1st time the top four batsman of any team had all scored centuries in a single innings.

One-day Internationals
First Indian and 2nd in the world to play most number of ODI matches.
First in the world to play most consecutive ODI matches for a team.
Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds.
Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world.
Tendulkar holds the record for most runs in ODI (15484 runs). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 15,000 run mark.
He is the first player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000 and 15,000 ODI runs.
He holds the record for highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003.
Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing nations.
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.
He holds the record for most centuries in ODI ( 41).
Sachin is the only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 83 Fifties).
Holds the record for most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
He holds the record for most Man of the Match Awards in ODI (55).
Holds the record for most Man of the Series Awards(: 14 Man of the Series Awards ).
Holds the record for most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.
Holds the record for most centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
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 that includes 20 century partnerships and 21 fifty run partnerships.
The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.
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.
Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting.