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