141. In Tests, December has been Sachin’s most productive month. The little master aggregated 2866 runs in 36 Tests averaging 47.76.
142. In Tests, Sachin has scored most centuries in the month of January- 10. His average of 72.91 is also his best for any month.
143. In ODIs, March was Sachin’s most productive month. He aggregated 2818 runs in 61 matches at an average of 51.23 in this month. Sachin also scored most centuries (8) in March.
144. Sachin has crossed 150 or more in ODIs on five occasions– most by any player.
145. In ODIs, July was Sachin’s best month average-wise. In 25 matches Sachin’s average was 52.33 while aggregating 942 runs. March (51.23) and June (51.20) were the other months in which Sachin averaged 50 or more.
146. Sachin was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200* against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb 24, 2010).
147. Sachin remains the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on Aug 28,1996).
148. In his ODI career Sachin Tendulkar played with 123 different team mates. 20 of them had made their ODI debut before Tendulkar, while 101 made their debut after Tendulkar. Two players- Salil Ankola and Vivek Razdan- made their ODI debut along with Tendulkar.
149. Sachin played 245 ODIs with Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, 238 with Sourav Ganguly, 223 with Mohammad Azharuddin and 204 with Javagal Srinath.
150. Venkatapathy Raju played all his 53 ODIs alongwith Sachin!
151.Only six Indian bowlers have taken more four-wicket hauls than Sachin’s six in ODIs.
152. Nearly 25% of all centuries made by ALL Indian batsmen in ODIs had come from Sachin’s bat when he retired from this format in 2012.
153. Is the only batsman to aggregate 1,000 or more runs in a calendar year in ODIs on seven occasions (in successive years from 1996 to1998, in 1994, in 2000 and in 2003).
154. Holds the distinction of scoring most runs and hundreds in a calendar year in ODIs. Tendulkar aggregated 1894 runs in 34 matches with nine hundreds in 1998.
155. Only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in SIX World Cups – from 1992 to 2011.
156. Most runs (2278) in World Cup history including 6 centuries & 15 fifties with a best score of 152 against Namibia in 2003 world cup.
157. 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single World Cup.
158. Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003
159. His 6 centuries are the most hit by any batsman in the World Cup.
160. His 21 fifty-plus scores (6 hundreds & 15 fifties) are the most by any batsman in World Cup.
