SACHIN TENDULKAR

20 FACTS ABOUT SACHIN TENDULKAR

1.FIRST AND ONLY SPORTS MAN TO ACHIEVE BHARAT RATNA.

2.HE HAS THE MOST NUMBER OF RUNS IN CRICKET, (ODIs+TESTs+one T-20s)-34,373 RUNS.

3.MOST NUMBER OD CENTURIES IN TESTS (51) AND ODIs(49).

4.LONGEST CAREER SPAN IN ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET , 22 YEARS 91 DAYS.

5.MOST NUMBER OF MAN OF THE MATCH AWARDS (62) AND MAN OF THE SERIES AWARDS (17) IN THE ODIs.

6.HE IS THE HIGHEST RUN SCORER IN WORLD CUPS(2,278 AT AN AVERAGE OF 56,95).

7.HIGHEST RUN SCORER IN A SINGLE EDITION OF WORLD CUP (673 RUNS IN 11 INNINGS, 2003 WORLD CUP).

8.FIRST PLAYER TO SCORE 200 RUNS IN AN ODI.

9.HE WAS THE FIRST PLAYER TO COMPLETE THE ALL ROUND TREBLE OF 10,000 RUNS , 100 WICKETS AND 100 CATCHES.

10.HE HAS MOST SCORES IN 90s:18 (INCLUDING ONE NOT OUT INNINGS).

11.HE WAS INVOLVED IN 99 CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS-MOST BY ANY PLAYER.

12.HE IS THE ONLY PLAYER TO BE IN TOP 10 ICC BATSMEN RANKING FOR 10 YEARS IN TESTS.

13.IN 2002 , WIDSEN RATED TENDULKAR AS THE SECOND GREATEST BATSMAN AFTER Sir DONALD BRADMAN.

14.HE SCORED OVER 1000 RUNS INA CALENDAR YEAR ODIs 7 TIMES.

15.HE SCORED OVER 1000 ODI RUNS AGAINST ALL MAJOR CRICKETING NATIONS.

16.MOST NUMBER OF STADIUM APPEARANCES-90 DIFFERENT GROUNDS.

17.HE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST TO SCORE A CENTURY, WHEN HE SCORED HIS MAIDEN CENTURY IN1900.

18.TENDULKAR 'S RECORD OF FIVE TEST CENTURIES BEFORE HE TURNED 20 IS A CURRENT WORLD CUP.

19.HE IS THE ONLY PLAYER WHO HAS 150 WICKETS AND MORE THAN 15,000 RUNS IN ODIs.

20.HE HAS GOT 20 DUCKS IN ODI CRICKET.