Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar

Just have look at the records held by Sachin Tendulkar. No wonder why British Prime Minister is suggesting him for the honor of Sir 
Records Held by Sachin Tendulkar
1.        Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2.        Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3.        Most number of nineties in the ODI
4.        Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5.        Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6.        Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7.        First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8.        First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9.        He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10.        Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11.        Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
12.        Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13.        He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14.        Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15.        Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16.        He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17.        Most number of 100's in test's 38
18.        He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19.        He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20.        In 2003, Wisden rated  Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21.        In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22.        he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23.        Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24.        In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25.        Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26.        Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27.        Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28.        He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29.        He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30.        Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31.        In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32.        In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33.        In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34.        The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35.        Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36.        Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37.        Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38.        Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39.        Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40.        The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
41.        Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42.        Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43.        Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44.        Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45.        the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46.        Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47.        The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48.        Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49.        Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50.        Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51.        Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52.        On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53.        When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54.        Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55.        Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56.        Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57.        Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58.        He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59.        On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60.        Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61.        Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62.        Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63.        Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64.        Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65.        First to 25,000 international runs
66.        Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67.        On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68.        Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in  ODI
69.        Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in  Tests
70.        Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket  

Sachin's centuries that went in vain
 

When many people say how many of Sachin's hundreds have come for a winning cause,Here is analysis of each of those centuries he scored when INDIA lost and reason why it went in vain. Out of the 41 hundreds, 11 hundreds have gone in vain.

1. 137 off 137 (Strike rate 100) balls Vs SriLanka at Delhi in 1996 World Cup.
India scored 271/3 in 50 overs. The only other 50 score was from Azhar. SL made 272 in 48.4 overs. Manoj Prabhakar had 4-0-47-0. He also opened in the innings and scored 7 of 36 balls.  

2. 100 of 111 Balls Vs Pak in Singapore- Apr 96.
India 226 all out in 47.1 overs, When Sachin was out score was 186/4 (We cant blame because next 3 are match fixtures) . Pak had a reduced target of 187 from 33 overs.  

3. 110 of 138 Balls (Slower but...) vs Sri Lanka In Colombo - Aug 96.
Again India 226 for 5 in 50 overs, Only other 50 score from Azhar (58 of 99 balls !!!) .Sachin has also bowled 6-0-29-1 , the second most economical bowler and the only wicket taker (SL were 230/1 in 44.2 ) of the match next to Srinath. 7 bowlers were used by Azhar.  

4. 143 of 131 Balls (!!!) Vs Aus at Sharjah, Apr 1998.
This was chasing under lights. The qualifying match before the final. The whole world knows about this match. Still one interesting point, when Sachin was out India were 242 at 5 at 43 overs. Target was 276 in 46. Still India finished at 250/5 scoring just 8 of the next 3 overs. Great performance by Laxman and Kanithkar indeed.  

5. 101 of 140 Balls against SL at Sharjah in Oct 2000.
Indian score was 224/8 in 50 overs. (No other 50 score). SL got 225/5 in 43.5; Sachin also bowled 5-0-22-0, better economy rate than everyone except Srinath.  

6. 146 of 153 Balls against Zimbabwe at Jodhpur - December 2000 (Game of Dougla Mariliar)
India made 283 / 8 in 50 overs. Sachin was the last man to be dismissed, score was 235/8 at 46.3 overs when he was out. Agarkar and Zaheer Khan propelled India to 283 in the last 3.3 overs. When Sachin has scored 146 of 235 in 46.3 overs, you can guess what the other 8 great batsmen were doing against the World class Zimbabwe attack. Second Highest scorer was Zaheer Khan with 32.
Zim got 284/9 in 49.5 overs. Kumble bowled the last over. Sachin also got 6-0-35-1  

7. 101 of 129 Balls Vs SA at Johannesburg - Oct 2001
India got 279/5 in 50, Ganguly made 127 of 126 balls. When Ganguly got out, the score was 193-1 in 35.2 overs. Sachin was the last man to get out at 263. SA got 280 in 48.4 overs. Sachin bowled 9-0-51-0, second best in economy rate next only to Agarkar (10-0-45-1)  

8. 141 of 135 balls Vs Pak at Rawalpindi, March 2004
India was chasing 329 and was 317 all out in 48.4 overs, 8 balls to spare. No other batsman made even a 50 (when chasing 300 ) and when Sachin was out, India were 245-4 in 38.4 overs. They needed 85 from 68 balls with 6 wickets in hand.  
 
9. 123 of 130 Balls vs Pak at Ahmedabad, April 2005.
India made 315/6 in 48 overs (48 over match), again no other 50 score. Second highest was Dhoni 47 of 64 balls, (third highest was extras - 39). Pak made 319 in 48 overs. The three quicks (Balaji, Nehra and Khan went for 188 runs from 26 overs between them taking only 2 wickets). Sachin bowled 6-0-36-1. No Harbhajan and no Kumble.  

10. 100 of 113 Balls Vs Pak at Peshawar, Feb-2006.
India were 328 all out in 49.4 overs. Pathan and Dhoni got 60 each. When Sachin was out when India were 305-5 in 45 overs. Managed only 23 in the last 5 overs.Pak scored 311/7 in 47 overs and won by D/L method. Could have been anybody's game. Sachin did not bowl.  

11. 141* of 148 balls vs WI at Malaysia.  
India made 309 /5 in 50 overs. Sachin was not out. Pathan was the only other 50 scorer. WI made 141/2 in 20 overs and won by D/L method. Again could have been anybody's game.

In the other 31 instances India has won 30 times and once there was no result.
Now, please think again when you say sachin's 100s were in the losing cause and that he is not a team player. It is a fact that for the entire 90's India played International cricket with 1 PLAYER and 10 JOKERS.