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Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Ten Records Of Master Blaster Unlikely To Be Broken - In Pics
Sachin Tendulkar – The God of Cricket, a role model to millions around the globe, turns 50 today. On his 50th birthday, we will take you through some of his records becuase remebering all of them is just impossible. Called by many names like - Master Blaster, Little Champion, Batting Maestro, Run Machine, and God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar without a doubt is the best ever to play the game of cricket.
Century against every nation
Sachin Tendulkar has scored a ton against all Test-playing nations. Only a handful of cricketers have this rare feat in their CVs. (Image source: Twitter)
Most 150 plus scores in a calender year
Sachin Tendulkar has most 150 plus scores in international cricket (5). Along with this, he also has most runs in a calendar year (1,894 runs in the year 1998). (Image source: Twitter)
Most ODI caps
The legendary cricketer has played most One-Day Internationals (ODIs) - 463. (Image source: Twitter)
Dominant vs Australia and Sri Lanka
Sachin has scored over 2,500 runs against Sri Lanka and Australia. No one has managed to achieve such a feat against a single opposition, forget about two. (Image source: Twiter)
Most Player of the Match awards
Sachin Tendulkar has most Man of the Match awards (62). Adding to that, he also has the most Man of the Match awards in World Cup matches as well (9). (Image source: Twitter)
Century King
Sachin Tendulkar is the man with highest number of centuries and also the guy with highest number of fifties. (Image source: Twitter)
Leading run-scorer
It's been a while since the magician Sachin Tendulkar retired from international cricket but he is still the leading run-scorer in Test cricket. In 2008, he surpassed Brian Lara's record of 11,953 runs. (Image source: Twitter)
Ton on each debut
Sachin Tendulkar scored a hundred in his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut, all three tournaments which are considered as the best in domestic cricket of India. (Image source: Twitter)
Most runs in World Cup
The Little Master scored the most number of runs in a single World Cup tournament (673) in the 2003 WC. (Image source: Twitter)
Most tons in a calender year
The Master Blaster has most centuries a cricketer has scored in a calendar year (9). Tendulkar scored these 9 tons in 1998. (Image source: Twitter)