Sachin's Records
ODI's
Some remarkable achievements of his career in One Day International (ODI) cricket are:
Most One day matches
Most Number of Man of the Matches (51) in one-day internationals
Most runs (14,146 as of February 2006)
First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
Most centuries (39) in one-day internationals
He was involved in a World Record opening stand with Saurav Ganguly of 252 runs off 44 overs- breaking the previous record of 225 runs held by Kenya.
Tendulkar & Dravids' partnership of 331 against New Zealand in the 2nd ODI was a new world record for any wicket beating Dravid and Gangulys' partnership of 318.
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs as of April 2005
Played in the highest number of Cricket Grounds - he has played a one-day international at 89 different grounds. Rahul Dravid is next with 85, while Mohammad Azharuddin and Sanath Jayasuriya appeared at 83.
Despite having played over 350 matches, Tendulkar still manages a brilliant strike rate of over 86%
He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
He has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs (140 on Dec 14, 2005)
Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)
Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
Most Number of Runs (1732 at an average of 59.72) in World Cup Cricket History
In the 2003 World Cup against Pakistan, played a breath-taking knock of 98, helping India defeat Pakistan for the fourth consecutive time in World Cup history.
He continues to perform well under the massive weight of expectation of hundreds of millions of cricket followers, in India and around the world.
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