Some remarkable achievements of his career

Some remarkable achievements of his career are:
* 4th highest tally of runs in test cricket (10,134) at an outstanding average of 57.25 (highest among those who have scored over 8,500 test runs) as of March 2005
* Most runs (over 13642) and centuries (38) in one-day internationals
* Only person to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005
* Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)
* Most Number of Man of the Matches in one-day internationals
* Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs as of April 2005
* Most Number of Runs in World Cup Cricket History
* First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
* Has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries.
* Among those who have played over 100 test matches, he is the only one with a batting average above 55.
* Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches.
* He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
* To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes a batsman as an all time great.
* Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)
*1994: Arjuna Award Receipient for achievements in Cricket
*1997: Tendulkar was one of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year
*1997/98: India's highest sporting honour - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
*1999: Padma Shri - India's civilian medal of recognition
*2008: Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
*In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport
personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
*In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
*In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year"
The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of
Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others

Man of the series awards

Tendulkar has won a world record 14 ODI MoS awards over his 18 year career.

1 Singer Series (Australia, Sri Lanka) 1994 136 (4 Matches & 3 Innings, 1x100)

2 Wills World Series (West Indies, South Africa) 1994/95 285 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 39-4-155-8; 1 Catch

3 West Indies in India ODI Tour 1994/95 246 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 16-0-93-1; 1 Catch

4 Silver Jubliee Independence Cup (Bangladesh, Pakistan) 1997/98 258 Runs (5 Innings, 3x50); 23.3-0-148-5; 6 Catches

5 Coca-Cola Cup (Australia, New Zealand) 1997/98 435 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 19-0-101-2

6 India in Zimbabwe ODI Tour 1998/99 158 Runs (3 Innings, 1x100); 6-0-41-0; 1 Catch

7 Coca-Cola Championship (Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka) 1998/99 274 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100); 14-0-51-2; 1 Catch

8 South Africa in India ODI Tour 1999/00 274 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 49-1-219-6; 1 Catch

9 Coca-Cola Cup (West Indies, Zimbabwe) 2001 282 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 4-0-25-0

10 England in India ODI Tour 2001/02 266 Runs (6 Innings, 2x50); 30.5-158-2; 3 Catches

11 2003 Cricket World Cup 2002/03 673 Runs (11 Innings, 1x100, 6x50); 18-0-77-2; 4 Catches

12 TVS Cup (Australia, New Zealand) 2003/04 466 Runs (7 Innings, 2x100, 2x50); 21-0-125-1

13 West Indies in India ODI Tour 2006/07 191 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 23-0-112-4

14 Future Cup (vs South Africa at Belfast) 2007 200 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 2x50)

Man of the match award

Tendulkar has won a world record of 57 ODI Man of the Match Awards in his career
1 Sri Lanka Nehru Stadium, Pune 1990/91 53 (41b, 7x4, 1x6); 9-0-39-2; 2 Catches
2 West Indies Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1991/92 11* (27b, 1x4); 10-1-34-4
3 South Africa Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1991/92 62 (73b, 8x4, 1x6); 5-0-27-1
4 West Indies MCG, Melbourne 1991/92 57* (88b, 2x4); 10-1-38-0
5 Pakistan SCG, Sydney 1991/92 54* (62b, 3x4); 10-0-37-1
6 Zimbabwe Westpac Park, Hamilton 1991/92 81 (77b, 8x4, 1x6); 6-0-35-1
7 New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 1993/94 82 (49b, 15x4, 2x6)
8 Australia Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 1994 110 (130b, 8x4, 2x6); 3-0-15-0
9 New Zealand IPCL Ground, Vadodara 1994/95 115 (136b, 9x4), 3-0-27-0
10 New Zealand Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi 1994/95 62 (54b, 13x4); 10-2-29-2
11 West Indies Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1994/95 66 (68b, 8x4); 8-2-35-1
12 Sri Lanka Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1994/95 112* (107b, 15x4, 1x6); 1 Catch
13 Kenya Barabati Stadium, Cuttack 1995/96 127* (138b, 15x4, 1x6); 5-0-26-0
14 West Indies Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior 1995/96 70 (91b, 8x4)
15 Pakistan Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1995/96 118 (140b, 8x4, 2x6); 7.1-0-40-2
16 Pakistan Toronto CSC Club, Toronto 1996 89* (89b, 9x4, 3x6); 2-0-12-0; 1 Catch
17 Australia Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 1996/97 88 (111b, 9x4); 8-0-45-1; 2 Catches
18 South Africa Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 1996/97 114 (126b, 14x4)
19 Zimbabwe Willowmoore Park, Benoni 1996/97 104 (97b, 8x4, 1x6); 3-0-16-0
20 New Zealand Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 1997 117 (137b,13x4, 2x6); 7-0-35-0
21 Pakistan Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 1997/98 95 (78b, 6x4, 5x6); 7-0-45-3
22 Australia Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi 1997/98 8 (11b, 1x4); 10-1-32-5
23 Australia Green Park Stadium, Kanpur 1997/98 100 (89b, 5x4, 7x6); 4-0-19-0
24 Australia Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1997/98 80 (72b, 9x4); 4-0-21-0
25 Australia Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1997/98 143 (131b, 9x4, 5x6); 5-0-27-1; 1 Run Out
26 Australia Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1997/98 134 (131b, 12x4, 3x6); 1-0-12-0
27 Kenya Eden Gardens, Kolkata 1998 100* (103b, 13x4); 1-0-4-0
28 Sri Lanka Premadasa Stadium, Colombo 1998 128 (131b, 8x4, 2x6); 1-0-13-0
29 Zimbabwe Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 1998/99 127* (130b, 13x4, 1x6); 1 Catch
30 Australia Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 1998/99 141 (128b, 13x4, 3x6); 9.1-0-38-4; 1 Catch
31 Zimbabwe Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1998/99 118 (112b, 14x4, 2x6); 1-0-4-0
32 Zimbabwe Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 1998/99 124 (92b, 12x4, 6x6); 4-0-16-1; 1 Catch
33 Kenya County Cricket Ground, Bristol, Bristol 1999 140* (101b, 16x4, 3x6); 1-0-23-0
34 Zimbabwe Kallang Ground, Singapore 1999 85 (72b, 7x4, 3x6)
35 New Zealand LBS Stadium, Hyderabad 1999/00 186* (150b, 20x4, 3x6); 1 Catch
36 South Africa IPCL Ground, Vadodara 1999/00 122 (138b, 12x4); 9-1-43-0
37 Sri Lanka Sharjah CA Stadium, Sharjah 2000/01 101 (140b, 3x4, 1x6); 5-0-22-0
38 Australia Nehru Stadium, Indore 2000/01 139 (125b, 19x4); 1 Catch
39 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 2001 70 (70b, 13x4)
40 West Indies Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo 2001 81 (110b, 8x4); 2-0-14-0
41 West Indies Harare Sports Club, Harare 2001 122 (131b, 12x4, 1x6); 2-0-11-0
42 Kenya Boland Park, Paarl 2001/02 146 (132b, 17x4)
43 England MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai 2001/02 68 (79b, 10x4); 1-0-8-0; 1 Catch
44 West Indies Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain 2001/02 65 (70b, 3x4,1x6); 3-0-20-1
45 Sri Lanka County Cricket Ground, Bristol 2002 113 (102b, 12x4, 1x6)
46 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 2002/03 81 (91b, 10x4)
47 Namibia Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg 2002/03 152 (151b, 18x4)
48 Pakistan Centurion Park, Centurion 2002/03 98 (75b, 12x4, 1x6)
49 Australia Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior 2003/04 100 (119b, 9x4, 1x6); 6-0-39-1
50 Pakistan Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 2003/04 141 (135b, 17x4, 1x6); 6-0-45-0
51 Bangladesh SSC Ground, Colombo 2004 82 (126b, 10x4, 1x6); 10-0-35-3
52 West Indies Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur 2006/07 141 (148b, 13x4, 5x6)
53 West Indies IPCL Ground, Vadodara 2006/07 100* (76b, 10x4, 1x6)
54 South Africa Belfast, Northern Ireland 2006/07 93 (106b, 13x4, 2x6)
55 England The Oval, England 2007/08 94 (81b, 16x4, 1x6)
56 Pakistan Gwalior, India 2007/08 97 (102b, 16x4)
57 Australia SCG, Australia 2007/08 117* (120b, 10x4)

Oz tour set up Sachin's magic show

SACHIN Tendulkar revealed his maiden tour of Australia 16 years ago had played a key role in shaping his brilliant career.

Centuries in Sydney (148 not out) and Perth (114) in that five-Test campaign of 1991-92 gave the man who is now Test cricket's leading run-scorer confidence to prosper in any conditions against any attack.

Tendulkar's coming of age in Australia came less than five months after he notched his maiden Test ton in England -- a match-saving and unbeaten 119 in Manchester.

"I think the first hundred will always be the important one," he said. "It was a special one because we kept ourselves alive in that series in England.

"The Australian tour immediately after in 1991-92 was extremely good for me because I had a good tour, scored a couple of hundreds at Sydney and at Perth, two different kind of surfaces.

"That gave me immense confidence. I felt I could tour anywhere in the world now and score runs. That was probably the turning point of my career, I would say."

Tendulkar's ton against a four-man battery of Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes, Mike Whitney and Paul Reiffel on a WACA Ground wicket which, in those days, was a haven for pace bowlers, remains one of the great innings played on Australian soil.

Only 19, Tendulkar cut, pulled and hooked Australia's quicks to all parts of the ground.

While he still is capable of the spectacular, Tendulkar isn't the force he once was and it's doubtful he would be able to craft such a knock now, aged 35.

He refuses to be specific about how long he would like to play, but the indications are he would like to play the 2011 World Cup to be held in across the subcontinent.

National selection chairman Kris Srikkanth said yesterday he believed Tendulkar could play for another two years, after he passed Brian Lara's run-scoring record on day one of the second Test against Australia.

Tendulkar holds the run-scoring records in Tests and one-day internationals.