Delhi: In India, whenever cricket is discussed, the first name comes from the great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. He is known as the 'God of cricket'. Today Tendulkar is celebrating his 52nd birthday. Sachin, one of the world's greatest batsmen, has made many such records in his career, which no one has been able to break till date.
His most talked about record is to score 100 centuries in international cricket, which no batsman has been able to do so far. He scored more than 50 runs in international cricket a total of 264 times, including 100 centuries and 164 half -centuries. He did this feat 145 times in ODIs and 119 times in Tests, which is a difficult challenge for any batsman.
Sachin Tendulkar is also the player playing the most international matches. He has played a total of 664 matches, including 200 Tests, 463 ODIs and 1 T20 International. This is a record that still maintains his name.
Sachin made his ODI debut in 1989 and kept playing for India till 2011. His ODI career was 22 years and 91 days, which is the longest ODI career ever. In this case, he is followed by Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh, who has played ODI cricket for 18 years and 92 days.
Sachin is the only player to score centuries in international cricket. He scored 51 centuries in Tests and 49 in ODIs. Virat Kohli is closest to him, who has scored 82 centuries so far.
In his brilliant career, Sachin Tendulkar scored a total of 34,357 runs, which is the most runs scored by any player. He touched this figure in 664 matches from 1989 to 2013. He is followed by Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka (28,016 runs) and then Virat Kohli, who has scored 27,599 runs so far.