Sachin Tendulkar turns 50! A look at Master Blaster’s top records

Sachin Tendulkar made his ODI debut on December 18, 1989, thus beginning a long run of records and memories in the field of cricket

Most Hundreds against One Team Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of most number of hundreds against Australia (20) across tests, ODIs and T20s

Most Runs Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the highest number of runs across tests, ODIs and T20s. He has scored 34,357 runs in 664 matches including 15,921 runs in test matches alone

Most Test Matches Sachin holds the record for the player who has played the most number of test matches in his career. He played 200 test matches between 1989 and 2013

Most Fifties Tendulkar also shines among players for holding the record for highest number of fifties. He hit 164 fifties in 664 matches in his career

Most ODI Runs in a Calendar Year Tendulkar scored 1,894 runs in 1998 which includes 9 centuries and 7 fifties

Most Fours Of the total 664 games Tendulkar played, the Master Blaster hit 4,076 fours, ahead of Sri Lankan all-rounder Sangakkara, who hit 3,015 fours in 594 matches

Most ODI Hundreds in a Calendar Year Tendulkar holds the title for the record number of ODI hundreds in a calendar year. He hit 9 hundreds in 1998 in 34 matches

Longest ODI career Sachin Tendulkar’s career spanned for 22 years and 91 days making him the player with the longest ODI career in the history of cricket

Most player-of-the-series awards Tendulkar has achieved the title for the most player-of-the-series awards with 20 awards in his kitty combining Test, ODI and T20I records