Career:
# Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 16,270 runs and the second highest run scorer in Test matches with 11,782 runs after Brian Lara.
# He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test (39) and ODI cricket (42) though he didn't score his first ODI hundred till his 79th match.
# He crossed 16,000 runs in ODIs on February 5, 2008 while playing against Sri Lanka in Brisbane, Australia.
# Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi, Pakistan on November 15-20, 1989. He was just 16 years old.
# He made his ODI debut against Pakistan at Gujranwala, Pakistan on December 18, 1989.
# He made his first-class debut for the Mumbai cricket team aged 14 and scored a century on debut. At 15 years and 232 days he is the youngest cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut.
# Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
Individual Honours:
# Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008
# ICC World ODI XI: 2004, 2007
# Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup
# Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1997
# Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999
# Arjuna Award, by the government of India in recognization of his outstanding achievement in Cricket, 1994
# Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997-98
Career Statistics:
Matches Innings Not Outs Runs Highestscores Average 100 50
Tests 146 237 25 11782 248 55.57 39 49
ODI 416 406 38 16270 186 44.21 42 88
