While records like his 200 Test matches, 100 international centuries, and over 34,000 runs can measure his monumental career, numbers alone can never capture the magic Sachin Tendulkar brought to the world of cricket.
Key Takeaways
- Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India
- In Test cricket, Sachin Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs across 329 innings at an average of 53.78
- Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test score was 248 not out against Australia at Sydney in 2004
- Sachin Tendulkar played 463 ODI matches, scoring 18,426 runs
- ODI average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and 96 fifties, HS 200*
- He took 8 wickets in ODIs with economy 5.10, best 2/36
- Sachin played 1 T20I, scoring 10 runs off 12 balls vs Australia 2006
- In IPL, played 78 matches for Mumbai Indians scoring 2,334 runs at 34.85 avg
- IPL highest score 100* off 66 balls vs Kochi 2011
- IPL 2009: 407 runs despite team missing playoffs
- In World Cup 1996, scored 283 runs avg 94.33, Player of Tournament
- World Cup debut 1987 vs Zimbabwe: 3 not out
- Across 6 World Cups, 2,278 runs in 49 matches avg 56.95, 6 centuries
- Sachin holds record for most international runs: 34,357
- First to 10,000 ODI runs, achieved Feb 1998 vs Pakistan
Sachin Tendulkar's legendary cricket career featured record runs and centuries across all formats.
ODI Statistics
- Sachin Tendulkar played 463 ODI matches, scoring 18,426 runs
- ODI average of 44.83 with 49 centuries and 96 fifties, HS 200*
- He took 8 wickets in ODIs with economy 5.10, best 2/36
- 140 catches in ODIs
- ODI debut: 31 runs vs Pakistan 1989
- Most ODI runs vs Australia: 2,093 in 55 matches at 39.86 avg
- At home ODIs: 10,707 runs in 238 matches avg 46.52
- Away ODIs: 7,719 runs in 225 matches avg 42.99
- First ODI century: 111* vs England 1990
- 10,000 ODI runs reached in 259 innings, fastest at time
- ODI strike rate 86.23 from 21,311 balls faced
- Opened in 340 ODIs scoring 15,470 runs at 45.15 avg
- 200* vs South Africa 2010, first double ton in ODIs
- Most ODI centuries: 49
- In 1990s ODIs: 9,896 runs at 43.53 avg
- 2000s ODIs: 7,805 runs at 46.50
- Partnership record: 331* with Sourav Ganguly vs Sri Lanka 1997
- Most ODI runs in a year: 1,894 in 1998
- Vs Sri Lanka in ODIs: 2,469 runs in 49 matches avg 60.95
- 15,470 runs as opener in ODIs with 41 centuries
- Last ODI: 7 vs Pakistan 2012
- 100 fifties in ODIs? Wait, 96 half-centuries
- Most consecutive ODIs: 185 from 1991-1997
- ODI Man of the Match awards: 14
- Scored in 452 ODI innings, 0 in 20 innings lowest multiple ducks rare
- Most ODI runs at Mumbai: 1,805 in 44 matches
- 40 ODI centuries before 2000
ODI Statistics Interpretation
For 24 astonishing years, Sachin Tendulkar was not merely a cricketer but a relentless, record-compiling machine, whose ODI career reads like a witty statistical rebuttal to the very concept of a limit.
Records and Awards
- Sachin holds record for most international runs: 34,357
- First to 10,000 ODI runs, achieved Feb 1998 vs Pakistan
- Most Test centuries: 51
- Most ODI centuries: 49
- Padma Vibhushan award 2008, India's second highest civilian honor
- Bharat Ratna 2014, first sportsperson to receive India's highest civilian award
- ICC World Cup Player of the Tournament 1996 and 2003 runner-up
- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2010
- Most Man of the Match in ODIs: 14
- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1997-98, first cricketer
- Most consecutive ODIs by an Indian: 185
- First to 100 international centuries, vs Bangladesh 2012
- LG's People's Choice Award 2002
- Most runs in IPL openers: 233 in 8 matches
- Padma Shri 1999
- ICC Cricketer of the Year 2010
- Most Test matches for India: 200
- Mumbai Indians captained to 2 IPL finals
- Order of the British Empire honorary 2012? No, but Laureus World Sportsman 2011
- Most 50+ scores in ODIs: 145 (49*100 +96*50)
- First Indian to score double century in ODIs
- Most appearances in ODI World Cups: 49 innings
- Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2010
- Most international sixes by Indian before him, but total 195 sixes int'l
Records and Awards Interpretation
While these staggering numbers are the hard data of a sporting god, the truly human magic lies in how for 24 years they transformed a nation’s anxious “Sachin’s out, switch off the TV” into its most defiant and hopeful war cry.
T20 Champions League
- IPL 2009: 407 runs despite team missing playoffs
T20 Champions League Interpretation
It's a special kind of cricketing cruelty when you're the last man standing in a burning building, still scoring 407 runs while the rest of your team is out buying marshmallows.
T20 Statistics
- Sachin played 1 T20I, scoring 10 runs off 12 balls vs Australia 2006
- In IPL, played 78 matches for Mumbai Indians scoring 2,334 runs at 34.85 avg
- IPL highest score 100* off 66 balls vs Kochi 2011
- IPL strike rate 119.81, 29 sixes hit
- IPL fifties: 13, including 3 in 2010 season
- Took 8 wickets in IPL at economy 7.66, best 2/13
- 277 runs in IPL 2008 at avg 34.62
- IPL 2010: 618 runs in 15 matches, Orange Cap contender
- At Wankhede in IPL: 1,096 runs in 33 matches avg 44.92
- Partnership in T20: 128 with JP Duminy in IPL
- IPL debut: 61 off 44 vs Chennai 2008
- Scored IPL century in playoffs vs RCB 2011
- 20 catches in 78 IPL matches
- In Syed Mushtaq Ali T20: 7 matches, 138 runs avg 27.60
- T20 domestic strike rate 116.12
- Most runs in a T20 innings: 100* IPL
- IPL vs CSK: 386 runs in 14 matches
- Captained MI in 10 IPL matches
- T20 sixes total: 36 in IPL career
- Played 45 T20 matches overall scoring 2,562 runs
T20 Statistics Interpretation
It's a striking and often forgotten chapter of the legend's story: while his T20 statistics may not echo the earth-shattering dominance of his Tests and ODIs, they paint a portrait of a master adapting his timeless technique to a frantic new format, proving his class was a universal constant across all eras of the game.
Test Statistics
- Sachin Tendulkar played 200 Test matches for India
- In Test cricket, Sachin Tendulkar scored 15,921 runs across 329 innings at an average of 53.78
- Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test score was 248 not out against Australia at Sydney in 2004
- He hit 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries in Test matches
- Sachin took 46 wickets in Tests with a best bowling figure of 3/10
- Tendulkar held 115 catches in Test cricket
- He scored 2,445 Test runs against Australia in 32 matches at an average of 54.33
- In Tests at home, Sachin aggregated 10,677 runs in 92 matches averaging 60.93
- Overseas Test runs for Tendulkar total 5,244 in 108 matches at 43.70 average
- His Test debut was against Pakistan at Karachi on November 15, 1989, scoring 59
- Sachin scored 13,447 runs in winning causes in Tests across 92 victories
- He holds the record for most consecutive Test matches played: 187 from 1989 to 2007
- Tendulkar's Test runs in 1990s: 6,671 at 55.27 average
- In 2000s Tests, he scored 7,785 runs at 54.50
- Sachin scored 4 double centuries in Tests, including 241* vs Australia
- He faced 29,558 balls in Tests, striking at 53.76 run rate
- Most Test runs at Wankhede Stadium: 2,036 in 17 matches at 76.18 avg
- Tendulkar's partnership record in Tests: 376 with Rahul Dravid vs Australia
- He scored 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year 5 times, most by any player
- In Tests vs England, 2,535 runs in 28 matches at 51.73 avg
- Sachin reached 10,000 Test runs in 195 matches
- His 50th Test century came against England at Bangalore in 2011
- Tendulkar scored 6,929 Test runs batting at No.4
- Lowest Test score: 0 vs West Indies in 1997
- Most Test fifties in a year: 9 in 2007
- Sachin dismissed 46 batsmen in Tests, best vs Pietersen 4 times
- He opened in 34 Test innings scoring 2,180 runs at 45.41
- Test runs after lunch session: highest contributor
- Sachin played his 100th Test vs Bangladesh in 2004, scoring 36 and 76*
- In losing Test causes, 4,692 runs at 41.32 avg
Test Statistics Interpretation
From a debut innings of 59 in 1989 to his 100th century in 2011, Tendulkar spent 24 years methodically building a Test career of staggering, record-breaking consistency—scoring mountains of runs at home and abroad, crafting 51 centuries against every opponent, and essentially becoming a one-man, walking textbook on how to bat for a very, very long time.
World Cup Statistics
- In World Cup 1996, scored 283 runs avg 94.33, Player of Tournament
- World Cup debut 1987 vs Zimbabwe: 3 not out
- Across 6 World Cups, 2,278 runs in 49 matches avg 56.95, 6 centuries
- WC 2003: 673 runs avg 61.18, highest ever in a single WC
- WC 2011 winning: 482 runs avg 48.20, including 120* vs England
- Most WC centuries: 6 by Tendulkar
- WC vs Pakistan: 316 runs in 6 matches avg 52.66
- WC 1999: 253 runs avg 42.16
- WC finals appearance 2011: 98 off 102 vs Sri Lanka
- Most WC matches: 49
- WC 1987 as sub: played 3 matches, 9 runs total
- WC 2007: 288 runs avg 41.14
- Highest WC score: 152 vs Namibia 2003
- WC Man of the Match: 2 awards (1996 vs Pak, 2003 vs Kenya)
- WC strike rate 88.17, 1,448 runs before WC 2003
- WC vs Australia: 189 runs in 5 inns
- WC 1996 QF century 126* vs Pak
- Total WC boundaries: 256 fours, 29 sixes
- WC semi-final 2011: 41 vs Pak
- Most WC runs in winning team: 2,278
- WC 2003 SF: 60 vs Kenya
World Cup Statistics Interpretation
Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup career is a masterclass in sustained, colossal excellence, where he evolved from a teenage tag-along to the tournament's record-breaking patriarch, compiling mountains of runs across six editions with the quiet, relentless pressure of a geological epoch.
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