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
131. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They put together 6609 runs in 136 matches that include 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 21 century partnerships for the opening pair is also a world record.
132. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODIs when they scored 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in 1999-00 at the Hyderabad.
133. Sachin was the first Indian player to score a century and capture four wickets in the same ODI (v Australia at Dhaka on October 28, 1998).
134. Had the longest career span (22 years 91 days) for any player in ODIs.
135. Sachin played ODIs with 866 players (123 teammates and 743 opponents) – most for any player in ODI history.
136. Sachin was dismissed on 99 on three occasions in ODIs – most such occasions for any batsman. Interestingly all these instances came in 2007.
137. In his first two ODIs Sachin was unable to even open his account. He got out off the second ball in both the matches.
138. Sachin's first six in ODIs was against England at Leeds in 1990 (off Eddie Hemmings) in his sixth match.
139. The 3113 runs scored by Sachin against Sri Lanka are the most by any player against a particular country in ODIs
140. In 1998 Sachin scored 12 international hundreds – most by any batsman in a calendar year.
141. Sachin's first six in Tests was against South Africa at Cape Town in 1993 (off Omar Henry) in his 32nd innings.
142. In Tests, December has been Sachin's most productive month. The little master aggregated 2866 runs in 36 Tests averaging 47.76.
143. In Tests, Sachin has scored most centuries in the month of January- 10. His average of 72.91 is also his best for any month.
144. In ODIs, March was Sachin's most productive month. He aggregated 2818 runs in 61 matches at an average of 51.23 in this month. Sachin also scored most centuries (8) in March.
145. Sachin has crossed 150 or more in ODIs on five occasions– most by any player.
146. In ODIs, July was Sachin's best month average-wise. In 25 matches Sachin's average was 52.33 while aggregating 942 runs. March (51.23) and June (51.20) were the other months in which Sachin averaged 50 or more.
147. Sachin was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200* against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb 24, 2010).
148. Sachin remains the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on Aug 28,1996).
149. In his ODI career Sachin Tendulkar played with 123 different team mates. 20 of them had made their ODI debut before Tendulkar, while 101 made their debut after Tendulkar. Two players- Salil Ankola and Vivek Razdan- made their ODI debut along with Tendulkar.
150. Sachin played 245 ODIs with Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid, 238 with Sourav Ganguly, 223 with Mohammad Azharuddin and 204 with Javagal Srinath.