Achievements of Sachin Tendulkar

This article lists the achievements of Sachin Tendulkar, an Indian cricketer, who has set various records and received numerous awards for his cricketing skill, particularly in batting. Below is a list of some of the achievements he has made in his career thus far.

Records

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 than Tendulkar. 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 Sharif - Bangladesh (15y 128d). [cite web | title= Tests - Youngest Test Cricketers | url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/INDIVIDUAL/TESTS_YOUNGEST_PLAYERS.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10]

* Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (Sachin-stats|Test) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances). [cite web | title= India - Most Matches| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_career.html?class=1;id=6;type=team| publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2008-03-31]
** Tendulkar is third in the list of players with most Test caps. Only Steve Waugh (168 Tests) and Allan Border (158 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar [cite web | title= Test Career - Most Matches| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/INDIVIDUAL/TEST_INDIV_MOST_MATCHES.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10]

Runs Scored:

* Highest run scoring Indian with Sachin-stats|Test-Runs Test runs. 2nd highest in the world, after Brian Lara. [cite web | title= Tendulkar goes past Border | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/322210.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-11-25]

* Career Average Sachin-stats|Test-Avg

* Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259. [cite web | title= Fastest to 11000 runs| url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/306127.html| publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-31]

* Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches.cite web | title= Test Career - Most Runs| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html
publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10]

* Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings. [cite web | title= Test Career - Fastest to 10000 Runs| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/FASTEST_CAREER_TEST_RUNS/TEST_FASTEST_TO_10000_RUNS.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10]

* On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home. Tendulkar achieved this in 75 away Test matches while Lara had scored his runs in 66 away Tests.

* Tendulkar has 4 seasons with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). [cite web | title= Test Career - 1000 Runs in season| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/1000_RUNS_IN_CALENDAR_YEAR.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs. Only Matthew Hayden and Lara have five seasons with 1000+ runs in International cricket.

Centuries:

* Highest number of Test centuries (Sachin-stats|Test-Centuries), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34) on 10 December, 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi. Brian Lara and Ricky Ponting have also scored 34 Test Centuries.cite web | title= Tests - Most Centuries| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/LEADING_BATSMEN_TEST_100S.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10]

* When Tendulkar 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.cite web | title= Test Centuries - Youngest to Score Century| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TRIVIA/YOUNGEST_100.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10] The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.

* Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

* 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. [cite web | title= Tests - Centuries by Captains| url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TRIVIA/HIGH_INDIV_SCORE_BY_TEST_CAPTAIN.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-04-10] Gavaskar held the previous record (205 against West Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season)

* Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman 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 and Marvan Attapattu.

* Sachin's 37th ton against Bangladesh during the 2^nd test , made history as the 1st time the top four batsman of any team had all scored centuries in a single innings. Dinesh Karthik (129), Wasim Jaffer (138) and Rahul Dravid (129) were the other centurions in the innings. [cite web | title= Zaheer adds to Bangladesh woes| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/bdeshvind/content/current/story/295883.html|publisher=Cricinfo|date=2007-05-26|accessdate=2007-03-31]

ODI

Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include:

Game Appearances:

* Matches Played: Sachin-stats|ODI ( Most )
** Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185 [cite web | title=Cricinfo - Stats | url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/INDIVIDUAL/ODI_CONSECUTIVE_MATCHES.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-21]
** Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

* Inning Appearances: Sachin-stats|ODI-Innings ( 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 4 players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza (Pakistan) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammad Sharif (Bangladesh), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Ramveer Rai (UAE)

Runs Scored:

* Most Runs: Sachin-stats|ODI-Runs Runs at the rate of Sachin-stats|ODI-Avg runs per innings (as of Sachin-stats|last_update_date Sachin-stats|last_update_year). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000-15,000 and 16,000 run marks.
* First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000and 16000 ODI runs.
* Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999). The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
* Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it seven times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007
* Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
* Tendulkar is the first and only batsman to score over 2500 runs against any opponent (Australia). Tendulkar is also the first and only batsman to achieve the feat runs against 2 opponents - Sri Lanka is the other team.
* After Sachin crossed the 10,000-run mark in ODIs, only six other players have managed to cross the milestone: (Sanath Jayasuriya, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, and Inzamam ul Haq). 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

Centuries & Fifties Record:

* Most centuries: Sachin-stats|ODI-Centuries
** Most centuries against an opponent - 8 vs. Australia.
** Most centuries vs. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
* Most Fifties: Sachin-stats|ODI-Fifties.
** Highest number of 50+ scores in ODIs - #expr: Sachin-stats|ODI-Centuries+Sachin-stats|ODI-Fifties (Sachin-stats|ODI-Centuries Centuries and Sachin-stats|ODI-Fifties Fifties).
** Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs.

ODI Awards:

* Most Man of the Match Awards: Sachin-stats|ODI-MoM Man of the Match Awards

* Most Man of the Series Awards: 14 Man of the Series Awards

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 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. [cite web | title=Records - Leading Opening Partnerships | url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/PARTNERSHIPS/ODI_OPENING_PAIRS.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-21] 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 [cite web | title=Scorecard: India V/S New Zealand, 1999/00 | url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/NZ_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/NZ_IND_ODI2_08NOV1999.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-21]

* Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid. [cite web | title=Cric Info - Stats | url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ODIS/PARTNERSHIPS/ODI_200_RUN_PARTNERSHIPS.html | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-21]

World Cup

* Most runs (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007) in World Cup Cricket History including 4 centuries & 13 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

Miscellaneous

* First batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket. He has now scored #expr: Sachin-stats|Test-Centuries+Sachin-stats|ODI-Centuries centuries (Sachin-stats|Test-Centuries in Tests, Sachin-stats|ODI-Centuries in ODIs).

* Most overall runs in international cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), with almost 28,000 runs overall (Sachin-stats|Test-Runs in Tests, Sachin-stats|ODI-Runs in ODIs).

* Record of getting out the maximum number of times on 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 24 times (17 in ODIs and 7 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. The 17 nineties in ODIs are an ODI record too. [cite web | url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/guru?sdb=player;playerid=1934;class=odiplayer;filter=advanced;team=0;opposition=0;notopposition=0;homeaway=0;continent=0;country=0;notcountry=0;groundid=0;season=0;startdefault=1989-12-18;start=1989-12-18;enddefault=2007-11-05;end=2007-11-05;tourneyid=0;finals=0;daynight=0;toss=0;scheduledovers=0;scheduleddays=0;innings=0;followon=0;result=0;seriesresult=0;captain=0;keeper=0;dnp=0;recent=;viewtype=bat_list;runslow=90;runshigh=99;batposition=0;dismissal=0;bowposition=0;ballslow=;ballshigh=;bpof=0;overslow=;overshigh=;conclow=;conchigh=;wicketslow=;wicketshigh=;dismissalslow=;dismissalshigh=;caughtlow=;caughthigh=;caughttype=0;stumpedlow=;stumpedhigh=;csearch=;submit=1;.cgifields=viewtype | title=List of Tendulkar's 90s in ODIs | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-11-08]

Awards

Official Awards

* 1994: Arjuna Award Receipient for achievements in Cricket [cite web | url=http://yas.nic.in/yasroot/awards/arjuna.htm#Cricket | title=Ministry of Youth & Sports Affairs - Arjuna Awards in Cricket | publisher=Government of India | accessdate=2007-03-21]
* 1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year [cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153285.html | title=CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1997 - Sachin Tendulkar | publisher=Wisden Almanack | accessdate=2007-03-21]
* 1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna [cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/1998/aug/12c.htm | title=Khel Ratna for Tendulkar | date=1998-08-13 | publisher=Rediff | accessdate=2007-03-21]
* 1999: Padma Shri - India's civilian medal of recognition [cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/82279.html | title=Tendulkar conferred "Padma Shri" | date=1999-03-22 | publisher=Cricinfo | accessdate=2007-03-21]
* 2008: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award. [ [http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmavibhushan_awards_list1.php Official Website of Padma Vibhushan 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. [ [http://us.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/aug/aug122.htm Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News : Amitabh, Sachin top Zee News `Best of India' poll ] ]

* In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes. [http://www.time.com/time/asia/features/heroes/index.html TIMEasia.com: Asian Heroes ] ]

* In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year"

* The current [http://www.indiapoised.com/loginv.asp 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.

Match awards

Man of Series Awards

ee also

* Sachin Tendulkar
* List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar
* Cricket

References

External links

* http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html