121. His nine centuries against Australia are the most by any player against a particular country. He occupies the second place too, with eight centuries against Sri Lanka.
122. Is the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on 28-08-1996).
123. Most Fifties: 96
124. Highest number of 50+ scores in ODI’s – 145 (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties).
125. First player to have scored over 100 innings of 50+ runs.
126. Most Man of the Match awards: 62
127. Most Man of the Series awards: 15
128. Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1894 ODI runs in 1998.
129. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
130. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They put together 6609 runs in 136 matches that include 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 21 century partnerships for the opening pair is also a world record.
131. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODIs when they scored 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in 1999-00 at the Hyderabad.
132. Sachin was the first Indian player to score a century and capture four wickets in the same ODI (v Australia at Dhaka on October 28, 1998).
133. Had the longest career span (22 years 91 days) for any player in ODIs.
134. Sachin played ODIs with 866 players (123 teammates and 743 opponents) – most for any player in ODI history.
135. Sachin was dismissed on 99 on three occasions in ODIs – most such occasions for any batsman. Interestingly all these instances came in 2007.
136. In his first two ODIs Sachin was unable to even open his account. He got out off the second ball in both the matches.
137. Sachin’s first six in ODIs was against England at Leeds in 1990 (off Eddie Hemmings) in his sixth match.
138. The 3113 runs scored by Sachin against Sri Lanka are the most by any player against a particular country in ODIs
139. In 1998 Sachin scored 12 international hundreds – most by any batsman in a calendar year.
140. Sachin’s first six in Tests was against South Africa at Cape Town in 1993 (off Omar Henry) in his 32nd innings.
