7 Sachin Tendulkar records that are unlikely to be ever broken
When Sir Don Bradman ended his career with 29 centuries to his name, many cricket experts at the time believed that the record will stand the test of time and never be broken. But 36 years later, a little man named Sunil Gavaskar eclipsed the great Australian’s record. Since then, five batsmen have gone to better the former Indian opening batsman’s landmark.On top of that list is a certain Sachin Tendulkar who is the only cricketer to have over 50 Test centuries to his name. Tendulkar is definitely the player with the most number of records associated with oneself in the game of cricket. Here we look at some of his records that we expect to stand the test of time:
#7 Most ODI runs in a calender year
Sharjah. 1998. Australia. Desert Storm.
Every Sachin Tendulkar who witnessed those two magical innings over two days in April 1998 will tell you that those are the most cherished cricketing memories of his/her life. Tendulkar scored a lot of runs until the twilight of his career, but it was 1998 that he was he was at his peak and stunned the world by his aggressive style of batting. A lot was expected from fans when the world’s best batsman came up against the world’s best bowler in Shane Warne, but it turned out to be a very uneven contest as Tendulkar took to Warne like a cat would to a rat.
Tendulkar summed up 1894 ODI runs in the year, a record that stands 16 years on. Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid came close to breaking the record the following year, but no one since the year 2000 has scored over 1500 ODI runs in a calender year which makes Sachin’s record look safe.