Today, at Mohali in India, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, popularly named as Master Blaster has broken the world record of Most numbers of Runs in Test Cricket formerly held by Brian Lara, West Indies.
1973: Sachin’s birthday on 24th April
1988-89: Century in the debut match of first class cricket. Record set up a youngest player in the debut match with a century. Played for Mumbai against Gujarat in the Ranji trophy.
1989: Test debut in 16 years itself. First test in Karachi against Pakistan. First ODI against Pakistan in December 1989.
1990: Unbeaten first test century against England held at Old Trafford.
1992: First foreign player for Yorkshire team.
1994: After 79 matches, first century in ODI against Sri Lanka at Colombo.
1996: Highest runs record in world cup, held in the sub continent, with 523 runs. Captaincy responsibilities for the first time.
1997: Wisden ‘Cricketer of the year’.
1998: First double century. Against Australia at Brabourne stadium for Mumbai team.
1999: Highest partnership in one days along with Dravid (339 runs). Highest individual score of 186* in this match against New Zealand.
2001: Banned for one match for the accession of Ball tampering. Ban was cancelled after enquiry by ICC.
2003: Selected as ‘Player of the tourney’ in world cup. Highest runs in the world cup (673).
2005: 35th century in test matches. Broke the record of highest test centuries set up by Sunil Gavaskar. Against Sri Lanka at Delhi.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
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