Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with

17,598 runs. With a current aggregate of 14240 Test runs, he

surpassed Brian Lara's previous record tally of 11,953 runs as the highest run s
corer in test matches in the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour
of India in Mohali.[15] [146] Tendulkar described "It is definitely the biggest
achievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the
record.[147] He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Tes
t (51) and ODI cricket (47). Throughout his career, he has made a
strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of
the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a
cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi K
hel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the
Government of India. He was also chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of
the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the Wisden 100 as the second best
test batsman and best ODI batsman of all time.
Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was t
he highest run scorer of the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket
World Cup. After his century against England during group stages of 2011 Cricket
World Cup, he became the player to hit most number of centuries in
Cricket World Cups with five centuries and the first player to score 2000 runs i
n World Cup cricket.[148][26] Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar
year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the
highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one d
ay internationals. Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still p
laying in international cricket from the 1980s. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar b
roke the previous world record for highest individual innings in an ODI, and bec
ame the first male cricketer to score a double-century in one-day cricket. He ma
de 200 runs and broke the previous record of 194 runs, jointly held by Pakistan
opener Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry.[149]
He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four
times,[150] out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against
Australia. The performances earned him respect from Australian cricket fans and
players.[50] Similarly he has been Man of the Match 60 times in One
day International matches and Man of the Series 14 times.