200 facts about Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar
New Delhi: At a glittering ceremony in the chandeliered hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar was conferred India's highest civilian honour the Bharat Ratna.Tendulkar, alongwith eminent scientist CNR Rao were conferred the Bharat
85. Sachin has been involved in 23 run-outs. He was out on 9 occasions and his partner on 14 occasions.
86. Steve Smith dismissed Sachin Tendulkar with the first and (so far) only ball he has bowled to him in Tests.
87. If Sachin's final Test goes to the fifth day, Sachin would have a career span of 24 years 3 days- fifth longest for any player in Test annals and longest ever for a sub-continent player.
88. Sachin played his first 32 Tests on different grounds.
89. Sachin's 14 man of the match awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket.
90. Sachin's 5 man of the series awards are the most by an Indian in Test cricket (along with Virender Sehwag).
91. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put on 20 hundred-plus stands in Test cricket. This is a world record for the most number of century partnerships by a single pair in Test cricket.
92. Despite being dubbed as a unsuccessful captain, averaged 51.35 in 25 matches in which he captained India. His average is the highest for an Indian captain with at least 500 runs to his credit.
93. Sachin has played Test cricket with 593 players (108 teammates and 485 opponents) – most for any player in Test cricket
94. Sachin played 47 of his Tests under the captaincy of Mohammad Azharuddin - more than any other captain
95. Sachin has played 146 Tests with Rahul Dravid, 122 with Anil Kumble, 120 with VVS Laxman and 103 with Sourav Ganguly
96. Sachin hit 2 sixes off his first two balls in India's fourth innings successful chase against Australia at Chennai in 2013.
97. Eleven bowlers have dismissed Sachin as their first wicket in Tests. They are: Hansie Cronje (South Africa), Ujesh Ranchod (Zimbabwe), Ruwan Kalpage (Sri Lanka), Mark Ealham (England), Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe), Jacob Oram (New Zealand), Monty Panesar (England), Cameron White (Australia), Peter Siddle (Australia), Peter George (Australia) and Andy McKay (New Zealand).
98. Sachin has never batted at number three in his entire Test career. He has opened once, batted 273 times at number 4, 29 times at number 5, 20 times at number 6 and 4 times at number 7.
99. Sachin has top-scored on 53 occasions in a completed innings- more than any other Test player.
100. Between November 1989 and June 2001 Sachin played 84 consecutive Tests without a break.
101. Sachin has played on 59 different Test grounds - more than anyone else
102. By an odd coincidence Sachin has aggregated same number of runs (5068) in match's first innings as well as second innings. Incidentally Sachin holds the record of aggregating most runs in first and second innings of a Test. He has also scored most runs (1625) in match's fourth innings. His tally of 2996 runs is the third highest in third innings of a Test.
103. Sachin has batted for 41113 minutes (685 hours 13 minutes) in Test cricket. Only Rahul Dravid has batted longer.
104. Six times Sachin has hit winning runs in a Test – most by an Indian. Only Ricky Ponting (9) and Desmond Haynes (7) have done this more often in Test cricket.
105. On his ODI debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant at 16 years 238 days. Only Aaqib Javed had made his ODI debut at a younger age (16 years 127 days) than Sachin Tendulkar.
106. Sachin scored ducks in his first two ODIs, he ended his ODI career with innings of 114 and 52.
107. His 463 matches are the most by any player in ODI history.
108. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record.
109. Sachin played ODIs on 96 different grounds – most by any player.
110. First to play 400 innings in ODI matches.