Career achievements

Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 16083 runs and the second highest run scorer in Test matches with 11782 runs after Brian Lara. He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test (39) and ODI cricket (41). Throughout his career, he has made a strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also elected Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the objective scoring method of the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and best ODI batsman of all time.

Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups (excluding the 2007 Cricket World Cup in which India were knocked out after only 3 matches). Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in one of these years he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calender year for one day internationals. Tendulkar has the most centuries in both ODIs and Tests.Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still playing in international cricket from the 1980's.