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Sachin Tendulkar turns 53: A have a look at his 53 biggest data that outline the ‘God of Cricket’

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7 min learnApr 24, 2026 03:10 PM IST

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, the best run-scorer within the historical past of worldwide cricket, turned 53 on Friday. Thirty-seven years after he first made his worldwide debut as a 16-year-old in 1989, the person broadly considered the best batter of his era continues to carry an unshakeable grip over the game’s collective reminiscence.

Tendulkar’s 24-year profession yielded 34,357 worldwide runs and 100 centuries, data that also stay untouched. Greater than the numbers, it was his potential to shoulder the expectations of a billion followers that set him aside. From his debut as a 16-year-old towards Pakistan to his emotional farewell on the Wankhede in 2013, Tendulkar’s journey mirrored India’s rise as a cricketing superpower.

With the ‘Grasp Blaster’ turning 53, listed here are 53 of Tendulkar’s most mesmerising and distinctive data:

  1. Tendulkar has scored the best variety of centuries within the historical past of Check cricket (51). His fiftieth got here towards South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion in December 2010. He grew to become the primary and the one cricketer to have scored a half-century of tons.
  2. He’s the main run-scorer in Check cricket, having surpassed Brian Lara’s tally of 11,953 Check runs in 2008.
  3. Tendulkar is the joint-fastest to achieve 10,000 runs in Check cricket (Sachin and Brian Lara each achieved this milestone in 195 innings).
  4. Tendulkar scored centuries towards all Check-playing nations that had attained Check-playing standing throughout his taking part in days.
  5. When he performed towards Sri Lanka in his 169th Check Match, Tendulkar created a brand new document by surpassing Steve Waugh of Australia, to grow to be probably the most capped participant on the earth in Check Cricket.
  6. Tendulkar is the main run scorer in Checks, with 15,921 runs, in addition to in One-Day Internationals, with 18,426 runs. He’s the one participant to attain greater than 30,000 runs in all types of worldwide cricket (Checks, ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals).
  7. Tendulkar holds the document for highest variety of centuries in each Checks (51) and ODIs (49) in addition to in Checks and ODIs mixed (100).
  8. In March 2012, Tendulkar scored his a hundredth worldwide hundred. It got here towards Bangladesh within the Asia Cup.
  9. He holds the world document for enjoying the best variety of Check matches (200) and ODI matches (463).
  10. Tendulkar has been a part of most wins by an Indian cricketer in Checks with 72 wins and ODIs with 234 wins and is third on the earth in ODI victories after Ricky Ponting (262 wins), Mahela Jayawardene (241 wins).
  11. Tendulkar holds the document for probably the most variety of 150+ scores in Check cricket (20 scores of 150+ to his credit score).
  12. Tendulkar has gained a Man of the Match Award towards each one of many ICC Full Members (Check Taking part in Nations). The one groups towards whom he has not gained an ODI Man of the Match award, are the UAE, Netherlands and Bermuda.
  13. Tendulkar has scored 1,000+ Check runs in a calendar 12 months on 6 events (1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2010) – a world document
  14. Tendulkar was 17 years and 197 days previous when he scored his first Check hundred. He stays the youngest Indian to have scored a Check hundred
  15. Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have put collectively 20 hundred-plus stands in Check cricket. It is a world document for probably the most variety of century partnerships by a single pair in Check cricket
  16. Out of his 51 centuries, 22 have been scored at dwelling and 29 have been scored abroad. His document of 29 abroad Check tons of is a world document
  17. Shifting gears to ODIs, Tendulkar was the primary particular person to attain a double century in One Day Internationals.
  18. Tendulkar has the best variety of ODI centuries (49) and highest variety of 50-plus scores (145)
  19. Nobody has scored extra runs in a calendar 12 months than Tendulkar (1894) did in 1998
  20. He additionally had most centuries in a calendar 12 months (9 within the 12 months 1998).
  21. Tendulkar has probably the most centuries towards a single opponent (9 ODI centuries towards Australia). Virat Kohli is closing in with 8 centuries towards Australia and Sri Lanka.
  22. Tendulkar holds the document for probably the most variety of boundaries in ODIs – a staggering 2016 fours.
  23. Throughout his 200 run knock, he additionally went on to bag the document for probably the most variety of boundaries scored by a person in an ODI inning (25 boundary hits).
  24. Tendulkar has performed probably the most one-dayers (463 ODIs).
  25. Tendulkar has probably the most variety of Man of the Match (MoM) awards (62). He additionally has probably the most Man of the Match awards in World Cup matches (9).
  26. Tendulkar has probably the most variety of Man of the Sequence awards (15).
  27. Collectively Tendulkar has probably the most Participant of the Match awards (76) and Participant of the Sequence awards (20)
  28. Between 1990 and 1998, Tendulkar performed a consecutive 185 ODIs for India – a document
  29. Tendulkar has scored 1,000+ runs in a calendar 12 months on 7 events (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007)
  30. Earlier than Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels in 2015, Tendulkar and Dravid held the document for the best ODI partnership (331 vs New Zealand in 1999)
  31. On the prime of the order, Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are unmatched. They paired for 26 hundred-plus partnerships. Of those, 21 century stands had been for the opening wicket – Each are data
  32. By way of combination numbers, Tendulkar and Ganguly have mixed for 8227 runs whereas batting alongside. When opening the innings, they put collectively 6609 runs – once more, each document milestones
  33. In ODI cricket, Sachin had performed at 90 completely different venues the world over – nobody has that feat
  34. Tendulkar has most runs towards a single staff: vs Sri Lanka (3113 runs) and vs Australia (3077 runs). In all codecs, nobody has extra runs towards a single staff than Tendulkar has towards Australia (6707 runs)
  35. Tendulkar had scored 5 Check centuries earlier than the age of 20
  36. Tendulkar, having performed his closing World Cup in 2011, has probably the most runs on the extravaganza (2278 runs).
  37. On the World Cups, Tendulkar has most centuries (6) and most 50-plus scores (21).
  38. In the course of the 2003 World Cup, Tendulkar raised his bat for a half-century a collective seven occasions. He completed the event with most runs – 673 runs.
  39. Tendulkar and Pakistan’s Javed Miandad have performed probably the most variety of World Cup tournaments (six every).
  40. Tendulkar holds the distinctive double of scoring 15,000+ ODI runs and taking 150+ ODI wickets.
  41. Tendulkar has probably the most 90-run knocks in ODIs (18) together with thrice getting out on 99.
  42. In Check matches, Tendulkar has remained within the 90s a joint-most 10 occasions (alongside Steve Waugh and Dravid).
  43. Tendulkar scored 326 not out for Shardashram towards St. Xavier’s within the Harris Protect event, placing on 664 runs with Vinod Kambli, a document for any grade of cricket anyplace on the earth.
  44. Turned the one Indian cricketer to attain a century on Ranji Trophy, Duleep and Irani Trophy debut.
  45. In 1990-91, he grew to become the primary abroad participant to signify Yorkshire.
  46. In 2014, Tendulkar was conferred the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, by then-President Pranab Mukherjee. He grew to become the primary sportsperson, in addition to the youngest particular person to obtain the award.
  47. By way of bowling, Tendulkar is the one cricketer to have defended 6 or fewer runs within the final over twice.
  48. Tendulkar scored over 8,700 Check runs after turning 30 (approx 55% of his whole profession runs), greater than some other batter in Check historical past.
  49. Tendulkar’s first Check century got here in 1990 and his final in 2013, a span of 23 years, the longest by any batter.
  50. Tendulkar scored his first Check hundred in 1990 and his final in 2013, a span of 23 years. No different batter has scored centuries throughout such a protracted interval.
  51. Within the 2003 World Cup, Tendulkar scored 673 of India’s 1,699 runs, 39.6% of the staff’s whole, the best by any batter in a single World Cup.
  52. Tendulkar has 14 Check centuries in matches that India misplaced, probably the most by any batter in dropping causes.
  53. Sachin Tendulkar is the one cricketer to play worldwide cricket throughout 4 a long time: Eighties, Nineties, 2000s, and 2010s.