Five Surprising records of Sachin Tendulkar

Master Blaster, Little Master, Face of Indian Cricket, God of Cricket are some of the nicknames of Batting Maestro Sachin Tendulkar who has set a career filled with records all through the way. While some players chase records, records chased him. At the age of 16, he was dismissed for a naught in his debut game against Pakistan. To add to his agony, he got hit on his chin by the ball bowled by Waqar Younis in the consequent match. Little did people know that he would turn out to become one of the greatest player ever produced by a nation. Born and brought up in Mumbai, Sachin had the passion and love for cricket that made him travel almost half the distance of the city for practice.

In a career that spans for 25 years, he had a fair share of ups and downs which made him a legend of the current era. He created numerous records and made his career a lesson for others to follow. If one would write on the records set and created by Sachin as a book, it would become the longest book ever written. While some of his records like most runs, most matches played are obvious, there remains a list of record which you will never believe was made by the living legend. Here's a list of 5 surprising records of Sachin Tendulkar.

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#1 Sachin Tendulkar - One of his kind

While there are players who master only in one department, Sachin excelled in all the 3 departments of cricket. If it is Bradman for batting, Wasim Akram for bowling and Jonty Rhodes for fielding, Sachin stands for cricket. Yes, this is the lasting effect that Sachin has left in our minds with his batting, bowling, and fielding. He is the only player in cricketing history to accomplish the rare ODI triple: 15000 runs(18426),100 wickets(154) and 100 catches(140).

#2 Consistency and Fitness - Not a problem though!

Consistency and fitness are two key important things for a player to survive in the team. We have seen a lot of players who quit their career due to injury or forced to retire due to inconsistency issues. Sachin during the 90s was an example of how a player must maintain his fitness and consistency.

Between 25th April 1990 and 24th April 1998, Sachin Tendulkar represented India in a total of 239 matches (54 Test and 185 ODIs) without missing a single game. Till date, this remains a world record for the most consecutive matches for a team.

#3 The traveler named Sachin Tendulkar

When representing a country, players get to play in different venues under different conditions and conquering the condition and making himself adaptive is a special art that very few know. Sachin in his long career has played on 90 different grounds across the world which is a record to date. Sachin in an interview termed SCG (Sydney Cricket Ground) to be his favorite hunting spot.

#4 First in every aspect

Sachin was the first player to reach 10000 ODI runs,15000 ODI runs and complete 200 runs in an innings. He also holds the record to be the first player to be given out by the third umpire.

The incident occurred in Durban when Tendulkar guided the ball from Brian McMillan to backward point where Jonty Rhodes fired in the return. Andrew Hudson, who was fielding at forward short-leg, collected the return and threw down the stumps.

#5 Sachin Tendulkar - The death over savior

Sachin Tendulkar was equally a good bowler and he has 154 and 46 wickets in ODI and Tests respectively. Sachin rescued the team twice when defending 6 runs. Australia and South Africa were the opponents in those matches. In 1993, when playing against South Africa he saved the team by conceding only 3. In the other game in 1997, Sachin removed the 10th wicket in the very first ball of his over, thus guiding his team to a 5-run victory.

Although he retired from all forms of cricket 5 years ago, his career filled with records will stand the test of time and remain in our memories forever.