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