Stats: Numbers game with Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Finally, Sachin Tendulkar ended the speculation regarding his retirement from all forms of the game. He is all set to hang up his boots after playing his 200th Test against the West Indies in November.

In all likelihood, the landmark Test will be played in his home ground, the Wankhade stadium, Mumbai. There have been talks over his retirement over the last few months as his form hit a new low.

His retirement news spread like a wildfire as the social networking sites Facebook and Twitter were flooded with posts regarding the legend. Here are some of the numbers that makes India’s champion batsman stand out among others.

• 24 years – Span of Sachin Tendulkar’s illustrious Test career. The second day of his 200th test will mark his 24th year in international cricket.
• 34,273 – Runs scored by Tendulkar in international cricket, the most anyone has scored.
• 15,837 – Number of runs scored by Tendulkar in Tests, the most by any batsman.
• 18,426 – Runs scored by Tendulkar in ODIs, another record.
• 50,024 – Runs in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches, put together. Tendulkar is the 16th batsman to aggregate 50,000 or more career runs.
• 13,408 – Runs Tendulkar scored in Tests batting at No. 4. He has also scored 44 of his 51 Test centuries at that position.
• 100 – Centuries in international cricket by Sachin Tendulkar, 29 more than the next batsman on the list.
• 263 – Fifty plus scores by Tendulkar, again, the most by any batsman.
• 2541 – Runs scored by Tendulkar in 1998. The first of only six batsmen to score 2500 runs or more in a year.
• 5- Tendulkar is one of only two batsmen to score 2000 or more international runs in a year five times. Kumar Sangakkara is the other.
• 20 – Hundreds Tendulkar scored against Australia, the most any batsman has scored against a team.
• 3- He has hit ten or more centuries against three teams – Australia, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
• 12 – Centuries by Tendulkar in 1998, the most any batsman has scored in a single year.
• 28 – Scores in the nineties by Tendulkar.
• 4 – Hundreds in consecutive Tests by Tendulkar.
• 6 – Number of times Tendulkar hit 1000 runs or more in a calendar year in Tests, the most by any batsman.
• 1894 - Tendulkar holds the record for scoring the most ODI runs in a year, 1894 ODI runs in 1998.
• 7 - Tendulkar scored 1000 or more runs in ODIs in a year seven times.
• 76 – Number of Man-of-the-Match awards won by Tendulkar in his career, the most by any player.
• 62 - Number of Man-of-the-Match awards won by Tendulkar in ODIs.
• 2044+ – Fours hit in Tests by Tendulkar, the most any batsman.
• 17 years, 107days – The age at which Tendulkar scored his first Test century, against England at Old Trafford.
• 10 – Fifties in consecutive Tests by Tendulkar.
• 12,400 – Partnership runs added by Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in international cricket, the most by any pair.
• 6920 - Partnership runs added by Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, which is the most by any pair in Tests.
• 38 – Century partnerships Tendulkar has put on with Ganguly, the most by any pair.
• 20 - Century partnerships Tendulkar has put on with Dravid in Tests, which is the most by any pair.
• 7 – Number of Test teams against whom Tendulkar has scored 1000 or more runs.
• 463 – The number of ODI’s played by Tendulkar, also a record.