Sachin Tendulkar - The Maestro

SACHIN TENDULKAR – THE MAESTRO OF ODI CRICKET
The 39-year-old legend, who announced his retirement from One-Day Internationals on
Sunday, made his debut against Pakistan in Gujranwala on December 18, 1989. Incidentally,
Tendulkar played his last match against the same team in Mirpur (March 18, 2012).
NUMBERS TO REMEMBER
Tendulkar scored his maiden
hundred in his 79th match
He holds the world record for
most number of matches (463),
most runs (18,426), most
centuries (49), and most
fifties (96)
Tendulkar has bagged the
most number of ‘man of the
match’ (62) and ‘man of the
series’ (15) awards
He has had the longest
career-span: 22 years and
91 days
Between April 1990 and April ’98,
Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a world record
STATISTICS 1 BATTING AND FIELDING
Matches
Innings
Innings
Balls
N.O.
Runs
463 452 41 18,426
Runs
H.S.
270 8054 6850 154
The right-hander was the first
player to reach 10,000, 11,000,
12,000, and 13,000 runs. He is the
only player to have scored more
than 14,000 runs
He holds the record for
scoring 1,000 runs in a calendar
year the maximum number of
times (seven)
Tendulkar played ODIs with and
against a total of 866 players –
the most for any cricketer
Tendulkar scored the bulk of his
runs (15,310) opening the innings,
including 45 centuries and 75 fifties in
340 innings – the most by an opener
He is only the second player
(after Javed Miandad) to appear
in six World Cups – from
1992 to 2011
He was the first batsman to score
a double century in ODIs (200 n.o.
against South Africa at Gwalior on
Feb. 24, 2010)
Tendulkar has scored the most
number of runs in World Cup
history (2,278), including six tons
and 15 fifties
Tendulkar was the first player to
complete the all-round treble of
10,000 runs, 100 wickets, and
100 catches
He has contributed 11.27 per
cent and 24.50 per cent of the
runs and hundreds respectively
scored by all Indian batsmen
2 BOWLING
Average
Strike Rate
Best bowling
Average
200*
Wickets
He has played on 96 different
grounds, the most by any player
100s
50s
4s
6s
Catches
44.83 86.23 49 96 2016 195 140
5/32
44.48
Economy Rate
5.10
Strike Rate
4w
5w
52.2 4 2
STATS: RAJNEESH GUPTA; GRAPHIC: B. SRINIVASAN