Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the most impeccable batsman to ever walk on a cricket field. He may not have the near-perfect average of Sir Don Bradman or the swagger of Sir Viv Richards but Tendulkar did what even the greats of the game couldn't. The Mumbaikar made his debut on November 15 in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi and the rest, as they say, is history. He went on to represent India for the next 24 years and shatter all records possible and set some that still remain. Incidentally, November 15 was also the last day he represented India on the field. His last game came against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in 2013. The 45-year-old ended with 34,357 runs from 664 games, including 100 hundreds as well. Tendulkar's tally of 15921 Test runs remains the most in Test cricket and so does his total of 18426 runs in ODIs. He is also the only player to have played 200 Test matches as well as the first player ever to score a double century in ODI cricket. Tendulkar has also won 15 Man of the Series awards and 62 Man of the Match awards in ODIs. Not only that, he has won a Man of the Match Award against every one of the ICC Full Members during his time. He also won the World Cup in 2011 at his home ground -- Wankhede Stadium. Following his achievements and contribution to the game, the Master Blaster was awarded the Bharat Ratna award in 2014. He remains the only sportsperson to date to receive India's highest civilian honour. Along with it, he also won the Arjuna Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan Awards.
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Overall, Kohli is the 13th cricketer and only the fifth Indian to go past the 10,000-run barrier.
Prithvi also became India's second youngest century-scorer after Tendulkar, who in 1990 was 17 years and 107 days when he scored 119 not out against in England in Manchester.
Tendulkar-Kambli duo was a force to reckon with in domestic cricket and nobody can forget the iconic 664-run stand between them in school cricket at Azad Maidan in 1988.
The ‘Hitman’ scored his sixth 150+ score, which is the highest by any player in the ODI cricket.
Virat Kohli scored his 36th One Day International century off 88 balls to put India in a commanding position against West Indies in the first match of the five-ODI series.
Calling it a "great way to welcome the weekend", Tendulkar shared a picture and a video with the Windies' superstar on social media.
India are slated to play five ODIs against the Caribbean side and that means that the explosive batsman just needs 186 runs in these five matches to overtake his idol, Tendulkar.
Shaw was the man of the series in the two Tests that India won comfortably against West Indies as he notched up his maiden Test ton on his debut.
Opener Shaw flayed the Caribbean attack during his 52-ball-70 on the second day of the second Test to give India a flying start, days after hitting a century on debut.
Warne also said how his poor record in Tests in India as compared to other countries does not affect him.
The Indian fans reminded the former pacer of the 2003 World Cup when India eliminated Pakistan through Sachin Tendulkar's knock.
Last time when Windies toured India in 2013 for two match Test series, it became an emotional series for every cricket fan across the globe as it was the last series of 'Greatest Batman of all Time' Sachin Tendulkar.
Tendulkar said, "I would like to congratulate everyone. Eventually what you want is a good team effort and that the team has performed well."
Former Indian cricketers could not be any happier and as always, it's the Master Blaster himself who lead from the front to heave praises on the duo.
The two rivals have produced some great captains of world cricket but whenever any team suffers a loss, the fingers are directly pointed at the credibility of a captain.
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Tendulkar has always been an integral part of the Blasters set-up and was often seen cheering the team from the stands in home and away games.
Left out of India's squad for this year's Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Sardar sought advice from Tendulkar.
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