200 Sachin Tendulkar facts

101. By an odd coincidence Sachin has aggregated same number of runs (5068) in match’s first innings as well as second innings.  Incidentally Sachin holds the record of aggregating most runs in first and second innings of a Test. He has also scored most runs (1625) in match’s fourth innings. His tally of 2996 runs is the third highest in third innings of a Test.

102. Sachin has batted for 41113 minutes (685 hours 13 minutes) in Test cricket. Only Rahul Dravid has batted longer.

103. 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.

104. On his ODI debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant at 16 years 238 days. Only Aaqib Javed had made his ODI debut at a younger age (16 years 127 days) than Sachin Tendulkar.  

105. Sachin scored ducks in his first two ODIs, he ended his ODI career with innings of 114 and 52.

106. His 463 matches are the most by any player in ODI history.

107. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record.

108. Sachin played ODIs on 96 different grounds – most by any player.

109. First to play 400 innings in ODI matches.

110. Most runs: 18426 runs at an average of 44.83

111. He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 run marks.

112.  First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000-17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs.

113. 15,310 of his runs have come while opening the innings with the aid of 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings- most by an opener.

114. Was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200* against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb 24,2010).

115. Is the only player to have made three scores of 175 or more.

116. Is the only player with five scores of 150 or more.

117. 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

118. Scored over 1,000 ODI runs against all major teams.

119. Is the first batsman to score over 3,000 runs against an opponent (3,077 runs against Australia).Since then he has also done this against Sri Lanka (3,113 runs).

120. His 49 centuries are easily the most by any batsman in ODIs. Ricky Ponting is distant second with 30.