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Sachin Tendulkar turns 51 today: A look at 15 records held by God of Cricket

1: Most Test appearances: With 200 Test matches, Sachin Tendulkar is the most capped international player in the longest format of the game. Only James Anderson (187) follows Tendulkar in this list, with his 200th Test being the final one of his career. (Image Source: Reuters)
2: Most Test runs: Sachin Tendulkar leads the run-scoring charts in Test cricket with 15,921 of them to his name. With an average of 53.28 and 51 centuries to his name, Tendulkar dominated red-ball cricket like few others. (Image Source: Reuters)
3: Most Test centuries: With 51 tons to his name, Tendulkar touched the three-figure mark the most number of times in whites. His 51st ton was against South Africa in 2010 away from home, showing that he was at the top of his game in alien conditions even in the fag end of his career. (Image Source: Reuters)
4: Most ODI runs in a calendar year: With 1894 runs thanks to nine centuries and seven half-centuries in 1998, it was the most runs that a player has ever notched in ODI cricket in a calendar year. He averaged 65.31 and struck runs at 102.15 in 34 games that year. (Image Source: Reuters)
5: Most fours in ODI career: Tendulkar hit 2016 boundaries in the 50-overs game. The ability to carve out gaps and stamp his authority in the proceedings made him a fan-favourite in limited overs cricket right from the commencement of his ODI career. (Image Source: Reuters)
6: Most international runs: Tendulkar scored 34357 runs for India across three formats, which is the highest amongst all players to have featured in international cricket so far. (Image Source: Twitter)
7: Most Player of the Match awards: Tendulkar was named the Player of the Match 76 times for India across formats, which is again, an all-time record in international cricket. (Image Source: Reuters)
8: Most centuries against a country: Tendulkar hit 20 tons against Australia, which is followed by the 19 centuries that Sir Don Bradman hit against England. The Indian batter faced Australia in 110 international matches and aggregated 6707 runs against them. (Image Source: Twitter)
9: Most fifties in ODIs: Tendulkar brought up 145 half-centuries in ODI cricket, which is seconded only by the 122 of Virat Kohli. (Image Source: Twitter)
10: Most nineties in ODIs: Tendulkar was dismissed in the nervous nineties as many as 18 times in ODI cricket, which is the highest for any player. (Image Source: Twitter)
11: Most ODI appearances: Having earned 464 ODI caps, Tendulkar tops the list of players to have featured in the most 50-overs international matches. His final ODI was against Pakistan in the Asia Cup in 2022. (Image Source: Twitter)
12: Most consecutive ODIs: Tendulkar played 185 straight ODIs from India from April 1990-April 1998, which is the longest such stretch by any player in the history of international cricket. (Image Source: Twitter)
13: Most fifties in Tests: Tendulkar hit 119 half-centuries in Test cricket, which is the most that any batter has ever recorded in red-ball cricket. (Image Source: Reuters)
14: Most fours in Tests: Tendulkar bagged over 2058 boundaries in Test cricket, as he was one of the first modern, dynamic batters who made watching the longest format of the game enjoyable. (Image Source: Reuters)
15: Fastest to 10,000 Test runs: Tendulkar took 195 innings to score 10,000 Test runs, which till date remains the joint-fastest that any player has scaled that summit, along with Brian Lara. Tendulkar reached the feat 16 years after his international debut in 2005 against Pakistan at the Eden Gardens. (Image Source: Twitter)