40. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
41. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), have appeared in more games than Tendulkar.
42. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
43. First to 25,000 n 30,000 international runs
44. Tendulkar's 33,000+ runs in international cricket include 18000+ runs in ODI's, 15,000+ Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
45. 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.
46. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
47. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
48. Sachin hit the first double century in the 40 year history of one day internationals
49. Achieved yet another milestone by scoring 50,000 runs in all formats of the game, highest by any Asian batsman.
