Sachin Tendulkar's records in test matches & one day internationals.

Everytime I listen to or read Sachin Tendulkar, Indian run machine never fails to urge youngsters to pursue their dreams. Hard to digest he does so, cause success came his way utterly easily, making his international debut at tender age of 18 and scoring centuries on his Deodhar and Duleep trophy debuts..

I recall reading a mega Sachin Tendulkar interview over a decade and half ago in a magazine called "Cricket Samrat", in which he revealed he only drinks champagnes, that too preciously on celebrations, cause he wanted to play for a long time.

Today when this most popular Indian is close to climax of his career, I finally digest what drive he has had throughout his life ~ to win as many matches for India as he can and in process, break all possible records.

Tendulkar has achieved his dreams, with the exception of a world cup may be for which his desire continues. Here's a summary of his statistical achievements :-

Most runs in career : Sachin is past his 17,600th run and is fast closing in on 18,000 runs in one day career while in tests, Indian is past 14000 runs. Sachin's nearest rival = Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka and Ricky Ponting of Australia, are hovering around 13k runs while Ponting is almost 2k runs behind him in tests

Record List : Most Century (Hundreds) in Test Match Cricket

Most test Century:48 tons in tests, 9 ahead of his nearest rival Ricky Ponting. Mahela Jayawardene (28) of Sri Lanka and Jacques Kallis (35) of South Africa may break this record that Sachin Tendulkar holds.

Each and every batsman starts with a duck, a zero. Going off the mark, into double figures, half century and then the magical triple figure individual score.. and in between, you run your partner's runs as non-striker as well as resuming your innings the next day which is very very tiring but less highlighted aspect of cricket. indeed making a test match ton isn't a joke!

Sachin Tendulkar is the champion of centuries, in tests as you see in following table as well as of most ODI hundred list. Ricky Ponting of Australia is his closest rival while Protas' Jacques Kallis is silently closing into two legends. Sunil Gavaskar held the record of most test century for a long time before Tendulkar over took him and leads since then.

Rahul Dravid has slowed down in recent times but he too is one of the best test batsman to have graced the game of cricket. Steve Waugh was known for his fighting innings while Don Bradman is star from yesteryears.

Dark Horse might turn out to be Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka. He's already close to 30 test match tons and is young. Mahela is ideal batsman of longer version of cricket, is always hungry and since he has given up captaining Sri Lanka, Mahela might rise up the list very quickly in years to come. his mate, Kumar Sangakkara, has left keeping gloves for longest format and hence is concentrating on raising few 3 figure scores himself.

Setting the record straight, following is a list of batsmen who have had a conquered test match career.

Most century in test match cricket by a batsman in career.
Batsman (Country)	100s	Mts	50s	NO	Best	0s
Sachin Tendulkar (India)	49	171	56	30	248*	14
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	39	147	53	27	257	13
Jacques Kallis (SA)	35	140	53	35	189*	10
Sunil Gavaskar (India)	34	125	45	16	236*	12
Brian Lara (WI)	34	131	48	6	400*	17
Steve Waugh (Aus)	32	168	50	46	200	22
Mathew Hayden (Aus)	30	103	29	14	380	14
Don Bradman (Aus)	29	52	13	10	334	7
Rahul Dravid (India)	29	143	59	29	270	8
Mahela Jayawardene (SL)	28	113	36	13	374	11
Allan Border (Aus)	27	156	63	44	205	11
Gary Sobers (WI)	26	93	30	21	365*	12
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)	25	120	46	22	329	15
Greg Chappell (Aus)	24	87	31	19	247*	12
Mohammad Yusuf (Pak)	24	90	33	12	223	11
Vivian Richards (WI)	24	121	45	12	291	10
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)	23	91	33	11	287	4
Justin Langer (Aus)	23	105	32	10	250	11
Javed Miandad (Pak)	23	124	43	21	280*	6

most odt century
46 tons in one dayers, 17 clear of second best batsman = Ricky Ponting who has 29. Sanath Jayasuriya (28) and Chris Gayle (19) are also in the race but may not touch the master before ending their respective careers.

Highest individual score by a batsman in one day cricket (ODI) 

3 years since I analyzed batsmen capable of scoring one day double century, Sachin Tendulkar today (24 Feb 2010) made the first ever one day double century, off 147 balls and now holds the record of highest individual score in one day cricket matches..

Debate : who holds record for second highest ODI score? Coventry was notout on 194 but Saeed Anwar took 10 balls fewer to make equal number of runs!

Even today, I agree, making 200 runs in a single 50 over match innings is a difficult ask, but like Tendulkar, modern day batsmen/bats has shown glimpses of this miracle happening, someday again soon. Today when over 400 runs can be made and also chased down (S.Africa beat Australia, chasing 434), why can't a batsman, preferably an opener or number 3, put his head down to the task, gets a little lucky and a little greedy to do what's only once done?

Fact : ICC has set 70 yards as minimum boundary length on either side of a cricket field, but several grounds around the world are shortening their edges cause spectators appreciate fours and sixes more than ones & towes. if Tendulkar can do it in late thirties, someone in twenties can certainly reclaim the top position in following list.

Here are the batsman who have come close to it in the years gone by.

Note : Only scores of over 160 are in the list below. There have been 25 other batsman with a 150+ score in ODI cricket but they need to do more to enter following elite list!

List updated : July 2010.

Highest Individual scores by a batsman in one day Internationals

Batsman (Country)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Sachin Tendulkar	200*	147	25	3	South Africa	Gwalior	Feb 2010
Saeed Anwar (Pak)	194	146	22	5	India	Chennai	May 1997
Charls Coventry (Zim)	194*	156	16	7	Bangladesh	Bulawayo	Aug 2009
Vivian Richards (WI)	189*	170	21	5	England	Manchester	May 1984
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	189	161	21	4	India	Sharjah	Oct 2000
Gary Kirsten (SA)	188*	159	13	4	UAE	Rawalpindi	Feb 1996
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	186*	150	20	3	New Zealand	Hyderabad	Nov 1999
MS Dhoni (Ind)	183*	145	15	10	Srilanka	Jaipur	Oct 2005
Saurav Ganguly (Ind)	183	158	17	7	Srilanka	Taunton	May 1999
Mathew Hayden (Aus)	181*	166	11	10	New Zealand	Hamilton	Feb 2007
Vivian Richards (WI)	181	125	16	7	Srilanka	Karachi	Oct 1987
Kapil Dev (Ind)	175*	111	21	7	Zimbabwe	Tentbridge	June 1983
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	175	141	19	4	Australia	Hyderabad	Nov 2009
Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	175	111	21	7	Australia	Johannesburg	Mar 2006
Mark Waugh (Aus)	173	148	16	3	West Indies	Melbourne	Feb 2001
Craig Wishart (Zim)	172*	151	18	3	Namibia	Harare	Feb 2003
Adam Gilchrist (Aus)	172	126	13	3	Zimbabwe	Hobart	Jan 2004
Lou Vincent (NZ)	172	120	16	9	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	Aug 2005
Glen Turner (NZ)	171*	201	16	2	East Africa	The Oval	June 1975
Dave Callaghan (SA)	169*	143	19	4	New Zealand	Centurion	Dec 1994
Brain Lara (WI)	169	129	15	4	Srilanka	Sharjah	Oct 1995
Robin Smith (Eng)	167*	163	17	3	Australia	The Oval	May 1993
Brendon McCullum (NZ)	166	135	12	10	Ireland	Aberdeen	July 2008
Ricky Ponting (Aus)	164	105	13	9	SAfrica	Johannesburg	Mar 2006
Andrew Hudson (SA)	161	132	13	9	New Zealand	Rawalpindi	Mar 1996
James Marshall (NZ)	161	141	11	4	Ireland	Aberdeen	July 2008
Imran Nazir (Pak)	160	121	14	8	Zimbabwe	Jamaica	Mar 2007
Tillakaratane Dilshan	160	124	20	3	India	Rajkot	Dec 2009

Sachin Tendulkar's record breaking one day double century is now highest ODI score but who are the other batsman who held it before Tendulkar? Saeed Anwar was leader between 1997 to 2009 until Charls Coventry equaled him. John Edrich's 82 was the highest score in the first ever ODI, which was then broken by DL Amiss who made first hundered in 50 over cricket = 103 in 1972. Roy Fredericks broke that record inside a year with his 105, which was then broken by English David Lloyd's 116 not out against Pakistan another year later in 1974.

Glenn Turner of New Zealand owned the record with his 171* against East Africa for 8 year, since 1975 to 1983 when Kapil Dev made 175* against Zimbabwe. Vivian Richards then held the record for 12 years, from 31 May 1984 to 21 May 1997 when Saeed Anwar hit 194 against Indians at Chennai as you seen in the above list.

Record of highest partnerships in all one day Internationals (ODI). 

Batting, is about partnerships. No batsman can win a game without a partner no matter well he plays..

Sometimes, batsmen find each other and some luck to put on mamoth partnerships which stay in record books for long. Today, lets look at the highest partnerships between two batsmen in one day international cricket :-

331 = Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid :- made at Hyderabad against New Zealand. That day, Tendulkar scored his highest ODI score = 186 and was unbeaten till innings finished after starting as opener. His partner, Rahul Dravid, scored 153 himself which is his highest ODI score as well. Together, these two vetern Indian batting stalwarts put on 331 from 45.2 overs for the second wicket against a strong New Zealand bowling lineup of Chris Cairns, Shane O'Connor, Chris Drum, Daniel Vettori and Chris Harris.

318 = Saurav Ganguly + Rahul Dravid :- is second only triple century partnership in oneday cricket. made in a must win world cup 1999 match by Indian batsmen against Srilankans.

In fact, if you notice two tables carefully, you'll find Indian batsmen feature the most. big appetite for runs they have..

Highest partnership for India = 331 = Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid.
Highest partnership for Srilanka = 286 = Sanath Jayasuriya + Upul Tharanga.
Highest partnership for New Zealand = 274 = James Marshall + Brendon McCullum.
Highest partnership for Pakistan = 263 = Aamir Sohail + Inzamam-ul-Haq.
Highest partnership for Australia = 237 = Ricky Ponting + Andrew Symonds.
Highest partnership for South Africa = 235 = Gary Kirsten + Herschelle Gibbs.
Highest partnership for West Indies = 226 = S Chanderual + Carl Hooper.
Highest partnership for England = 226 = Andrew Flintoff + Andrew Strauss.

Biggest Partnerships in one day international cricket match.
Batsmen (country)	Runs	Wkt	VS	Venue	Date
Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	331	2nd	NZ	Hyderabad	8-Nov-99
Sourav Ganguly + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	318	2nd	SL	Taunton	26-May-99
Upul Tharanga + Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)	286	1st	Eng	Leeds	1-Jul-06
Md Azharuddin + Ajay Jadeja (Ind)	275*	4th	Zim	Cuttack	9-Apr-98
James Marshall + B McCullum (NZ)	274	1st	Ire	Aberdeen	1-Jul-08
Aamir Sohail + Inzaman-ul-Haq (Pak)	263	2nd	NZ	Sharjah	20-Apr-94
Sachin Tendulkar + Sourav Ganguly (Ind)	258	1st	Ken	Paarl	24-Oct-01
Saleem Elahi + Abdul Razzaq (Pak)	257	2nd	SA	P'Elizabeth	11-Dec-02
Sachin Tendulkar + Sourav Ganguly (Ind)	252	1st	SL	Colombo	7-Jul-98
Ricky Ponting + Shane Watson (Aus)	252	2nd	Eng	Centurion	2-Oct-09
Sachin Tendulkar + Sourav Ganguly (Ind)	244	2nd	Nam	Pieter'burg	23-Feb-03
Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	237*	3rd	Ken	Bristol	23-May-99
Marvan Atapattu + S Jayasuriya (SL)	237	1st	Aus	Sydney	9-Jan-03
Ricky Ponting + Andrew Symonds (Aus)	237	4th	SL	Sydney	12-Feb-06
Sourav Ganguly + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	236	2nd	SL	Nagpur	22-Mar-99
Gary Kirsten + Herschelle Gibbs (SA)	235	1st	Ind	Kochi	9-Mar-00
Ricky Ponting + Damien Martyn (Aus)	234*	3rd	Ind	Jo'burg	23-Mar-03
Daryl Cullinan + Jonty Rhodes (SA)	232	4th	Pak	Nairobi	29-Apr-96
Sachin Tendulkar + Navjot Sidhu (Ind)	231	2nd	Pak	Sharjah	15-Apr-96
Saeed Anwar + Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)	230	3rd	Ind	Dhaka	18-Jan-98
JF Kloppenburg + van Noortwijk (Nld)	228	2nd	Nam	B'fontein	3-Mar-03
Will Poterfield + Kevin O'Brien (Ire)	227	4th	Ken	Nairobi	2-Feb-07
S Chanderpual + Carl Hooper (WI)	226	4th	SA	E'London	24-Jan-99
Marvan Atapattu + M Jayawardene (SL)	226	3rd	Ind	Sharjah	27-Oct-00
Andrew Strauss + Andrew Flintoff (Eng)	226	4th	WI	Lords	6-Jul-04
Deepak Chudasama + K Otieno (Ken)	225	1st	BNG	Nairobi	10-Oct-97
Adam Gilchrist + Ricky Ponting (Aus)	225	2nd	Eng	Melbourne	15-Dec-02
Dean Jones + Allan Border (Aus)	224*	3rd	SL	Adelaide	28-Jan-85

286 = Sanath Jayasuriya + Upul Tharanga :- is the record for highest opening partnership in one day internationals. Home team England put on up a solid 322 run target that day at Leeds but visitors Srilankans started in imphatic manner.. putting 286 for first wicket and winning the game with 8 wickets in hand and over 12 overs left to play! Sanath Jayasuriya scored 152 from 99 balls with 20 fours and 4 sixes while Tharanga finished with 109 from 102 balls with 14 fours and a six.

Highest Partnerships in One day cricket match, for each wicket.
Wkt	Runs	Batsmen (Country)	Vs	Venue	Date
1st	286	Upul Tharanga + S Jayasuriya (SL)	Eng	Leeds	1-Jul-06
2nd	331	Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	NZ	Hyderabad	8-Nov-99
3rd	237*	Sachin Tendulkar + Rahul Dravid (Ind)	Ken	Bristol	23-May-99
4th	275*	Md Azharuddin + Ajay Jadeja (Ind)	Zim	Cuttack	9-Apr-98
5th	223	Md Azharuddin + Ajay Jadeja (Ind)	SL	Colombo	17-Aug-97
6th	218	M Jayawardene + MS Dhoni (Asia XI)	AF XI	Chennai	10-Jun-07
7th	130	Andy Flower + Heath Streak (Zim)	Eng	Harare	7-Oct-01
8th	138*	Justin Kemp + Andrew Hall	Ind	Cape Town	26-Nov-06
9th	126*	Kapil Dev + Syed Kirmani (Ind)	Zim	Tunbridge	18-Jun-83
10th	106*	Vivian Richards + M Holding (WI)	Eng	Old Trafford	31-May-84

Most ODI runs in a calender year : Sachin Tendulkar made 1894 runs in year 1998, from 34 one day internationals (33 innings). second best is Sourav Ganguly with 1767 runs from 41 ODI in year 1999. Sachin made 9 hundreds that year, which is most by any batsman in any year!

Most ODI fifties : Tendulkar has 93 half centuries, 14 more than next most by Ricky Ponting and 3rd most Jacques Kallis who has 78 oneday fifties.

Other significant records by Sachin Tendulkar

**Most runs in one day internationals against one perticular team. Tendulkar has made 3005 runs against highly respectable team Australia from his 67 ODIs against them over the years. Tendulkar has 9 ODI century against Australia which is also the most by any player against one team.

**Sachin Tendulkar has most scores over 150 in onedayers (five) and also owns record getting out in nineties on most occassions (18 times). Tendulkar is dismissed for 99 thrice, which is also maximum by anyone.

**Sachin Tendulkar holds record of most fours in a one day innings = 25 as well as in career (close to 2000). he also holds test record with 1734+ baundaries.

**In one day internationals, Sachin Tendulkar has been fastest to reach 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14000, 15,000, 16,000 and 17,000 runs in career. Tendulkar did it in his 259th, 276th, 300th, 321th, 350th, 377th, 399th and 435th innings respectively.

**Sachin Tendulkar is only batsman to do a double of a century and 4 wkts in a one day match, with his 141 and 4 wkts for 38 runs against Australia back in year 1998.

**Only man to do triple of 10,000 runs, 100 wkts and 100 catches in ODIs.