OTD: On this day in 2009, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 30,000 runs in international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) 15 years ago, on this day i.e. 30 November 2009, Team India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar had made an incredible achievement in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to complete 30,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat during the India vs Sri Lanka Test match at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. Sachin Tendulkar made this record in his name in the second innings of the first Test match played between these two teams and became the first international cricketer to do so. Let us tell you that Team India had scored 426 runs in the first innings in this match. For the hosts, Rahul Dravid played an inning of 177 runs while Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed 110 runs. In reply, Sri Lanka declared its first innings at 760 runs for 7 wickets. Mahela Jayawardene had scored 275 runs for Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 43rd Test century in this innings. At the time of this achievement, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 1277 runs in Test cricket while he had 17,178 runs in ODIs. He scored 10 runs in the only international T20 match. The most important thing was that during this innings, Sachin Tendulkar had scored his 43rd Test century, due to which the match played between Team India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw. Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989 at the age of 16 and retired from international cricket in 2013. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket. He is the highest run scorer in international cricket. No player has yet been able to come close to his achievement. Sachin Tendulkar is also known as God of Cricket and many people consider him as their idol. These 8 star players will not play in IPL 2025 Indian players who have scored 50+ scores most times in Australia Batsmen who hit most sixes in T20Is in 2024- IPL 2025: PBKS will target these 5 players with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore How has been Virat Kohli’s performance in BGT, know here- List of batsmen who scored the fastest T20I century for India- IPL 2025: RR can target these players in the mega auction Indian batsmen who got out on duck most number of times in T20Is- IPL 2025: These 8 players will get expensive bids in the mega auction IPL 2025: MI will target these 5 players in the mega auction
When Sachin Tendulkar posted a photo of three trees, fans remembered Steve Buckner’s bad umpiring, see the player’s post
Fans are seen reacting very fast on this post of Sachin. Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Bucknor (Image Credit- Twitter Former Indian legend and great Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of the game of cricket, has shared a photo from his official X account today on 17th November. After Sachin Tendulkar shared this photo, former Caribbean umpire Steve Bucknor has come into the news. It is noteworthy that Buckner gave many controversial decisions regarding Sachin in his umpiring career, due to which not only the result of the match changed, but these decisions were also a topic of discussion in the cricket world. Some decisions given by the former umpire regarding Sachin are condemned till date. Out of this, if we tell you about the main controversial decision, then in the year 2003, a test match is being played between India and Australia in Gabba. In this match, the umpire wrongly gave out LBW to Sachin on a ball from bowler Jason Gillipsey. When the replay was seen, it was clearly visible that the ball was much above the stump. After this decision, Sachin had to return to the pavilion disappointed. On the other hand, today perhaps Sachin has shared a post on his official X account regarding this decision. In this photo, three trees are connected to each other and Sachin wrote in the caption – Can you guess which umpire would have thought that the stumps were made so big? On the other hand, as soon as Sachin shared this post on social media, fans started reacting rapidly to this post. See this social media post of Sachin Tendulkar Can you guess which umpire made the stumps feel this big? pic.twitter.com/oa1iPvVza1 — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 16, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you about the umpiring career of Steve Buckner, he umpired in 128 Test and 181 ODI matches from Sachin’s debut year i.e. 1989 to 2009. Apart from this, he umpired in 5 consecutive ICC World Cups from 1992 to 2007.
On this day in 2019, Shefali Verma broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 30 year old special record, read big news.
Shefali had made this record in her name by scoring a half century. Shafali Verma (Image Credit- Twitter On this day (9 November) 2019, Indian women’s cricket team’s explosive opening batsman Shafali Verma had made a special record in her name. Let us tell you that on this day that year, Shefali had scored a half-century in international cricket at the age of only 15 years and 285 days. With this, she became the first cricketer to score a half-century at the youngest age in world cricket. The young batsman had broken the 30-year-old record of former Indian cricketer and God of Sports Sachin Tendulkar. Before Shefali, Sachin had scored a half-century against Pakistan in the year 1989 at the age of 16 years and 214 days. But Shefali had also left Sachin behind in the year 2019, and the cricketer achieved this record in his 5th T20 International match. In the year 2019, the Indian women’s cricket team was on West Indies tour for three ODI and five-match T20I series. Shefali Verma, who had debuted for Team India some time ago, was also included in this round. In a match played during the T20 series, Shefali batted brilliantly and played an excellent inning of 73 runs in 49 balls. A look at Shafali Verma’s cricket career So if we give you information about Shefali Verma’s cricket career, she has played a total of 85 T20 matches for the Indian women’s cricket team so far. During this period, a total of 2045 runs have been scored from the cricketer’s bat at an average of 25.56 and strike rate of 129.10. Apart from this, Shefali, born in Rohtak, Haryana, also has 10 half-centuries in her name in T20 cricket. Apart from this, he has also played 29 ODI and five test matches for the Indian team. In ODIs, Shefali has scored a total of 644 runs at an average of 23 and strike rate of 83.20 and in Tests, Shefali has scored 567 runs at an average of 63. Shefali has also played an innings of 205 runs in Test cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar expressed disappointment over Team India losing the series against New Zealand, told the reason for the defeat!
The Indian team was criticized a lot for its disappointing batting during the series. Sachin Tendulkar (Photo Source: Getty Images) The Indian team suffered a crushing defeat on home soil on Sunday, October 3, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Visiting New Zealand defeated India by 25 runs in the third Test and made a 3-0 clean sweep in the series. For the first time since 2000, India has been whitewashed at home. Apart from this, New Zealand became the first team to be whitewashed in a series of more than two test matches. The Indian team was criticized a lot for this disappointing batting. Except Sarfaraz Khan, no other batsman scored a century. Tendulkar praised Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant for their half-century innings in the third Test and gave credit to New Zealand for the victory. He even said that the team should introspect. Here is Sachin Tendulkar’s post Tendulkar tweeted from the Was it a lack of preparation, was it poor shot selection, or was it a lack of match practice? Shubman Gill showed resilience in the first innings and Rishabh Pant was brilliant in both innings – his footwork made complete difference to a challenging surface. That was fantastic. Full credit goes to New Zealand for their consistently good performance throughout the series. Winning 3-0 in India is as good a result as you can get. Losing 3-0 at home is a tough pill to swallow, and it calls for introspection. Was it lack of preparation, was it poor shot selection, or was it lack of match practice? @ShubmanGill showed resilience in the first innings, and @RishabhPant17 was brilliant in both innings— his… pic.twitter.com/8f1WifI5Hd — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 3, 2024 When did India fail to achieve a target below 200 in Tests? Target opposition venue Year 120 west indies bridgetown 1997 147 New Zealand Wankhede 2024 176 Sri Lanka galle 2015 194 England edgbaston 2018 New Zealand successfully defended the lowest total Target opposition venue Year 137 England wellington 1978 147 New Zealand Wankhede 2024 176 Pakistan abu dhabi 2018 241 Australia Hobart 2011 246 England The Oval 1999
Sachin Tendulkar has become a fan of the performance of New Zealand team, gave many best wishes to all the players on social media.
The New Zealand team performed brilliantly in the second test match played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune and gave a crushing defeat to Team India. New Zealand Team (Photo Source: Getty Images) The New Zealand team performed brilliantly in the second test match played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune and gave a crushing defeat to Team India. In this match, all the players from New Zealand performed brilliantly and played an important role in the victory of their team. Many people have praised this performance of the New Zealand team. Recently, former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar also praised the performance of New Zealand. He also praised the bowling of Mitchell Santner who took a total of 13 wickets in the second Test. None of the batsmen of Team India could withstand the deadly bowling of Mitchell Santner. Here is Sachin Tendulkar’s tweet for New Zealand team: For any visiting team, to win a Test series in India is a dream, and New Zealand have played really well to make it happen. Such results can only be achieved with good, all-round team efforts. Special mention to Santner for his standout performance, picking up 13 wickets.… pic.twitter.com/YLqHfbQeJU — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 26, 2024 Let us tell you that in the first test match played between these two teams, Team India failed to show tremendous performance and had to face defeat by 8 wickets. This match was played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. After this, New Zealand won the second match by 113 runs. Talking about the second test, the Kiwi team, batting first, scored 259 runs after losing all the wickets in its first innings, in response to which Team India was all out for 156 runs. New Zealand could score only 255 runs in its second innings. Chasing the target of 359 runs, Team India could score only 245 runs in its second innings. Yashasvi Jaiswal batted brilliantly for the hosts in the second innings and played an important inning of 77 runs. However, Yashasvi failed to lead his team to victory. Now the third and final Test between these two teams is starting from November 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. A lot of changes can be seen in the playing XI of Team India in the third test. Team India would definitely like to win the third test. Let us tell you that, if Team India has to secure its place in the final of this cycle of the World Test Championship, then it is very important for them to win the last Test against New Zealand. List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the…
Sachin Tendulkar wished Virender Sehwag on his 46th birthday in a special way, know what he said?
Sehwag was born on 20 October 1978 in Najafgarh, Delhi. Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag (Image Credit- Twitter Former Indian explosive opening batsman and Sultan of Multan, Virender Sehwag is celebrating his 46th birthday today, Sunday, 20th October. So, on this special day of the player, fellow players including former cricketers have been seen giving good wishes. On the other hand, on this special day of Sehwag, former Indian cricketer and God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar is seen wishing Sehwag a birthday in a special way. On Sachin Sehwag’s birthday, he also shared a photo with him on his official X account and while sharing this photo, Sachin wrote in the caption – Happy 46th Birthday, Veeru! 46 means a perfect mix of 4 and 6, just like your batting. No need to run away, may your year be as banging as your shots. See this social media post of Sachin Tendulkar Happy 46th, Viru! 46 means a perfect mix of 4 and 6—just like your batting. There is no need to run away. Your year is also as explosive as your shots! pic.twitter.com/syzvj8l33y — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 20, 2024 It is noteworthy that Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have played cricket together for more than a decade for the Indian team. Both of them, while opening for Team India together, have scored a total of 5964 runs in 138 international innings. During this period, both of them have made half-century partnerships 23 times and century partnerships 17 times. A look at Virender Sehwag’s cricket career On the other hand, if we give you information about the cricket career of Sehwag, who was one of the explosive batsmen in the world of his time and is the T20 and ODI World Cup champion, he has played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20 matches for India. During this period, Sehwag has scored a total of 8586 Test runs at an average of 49.34, 8273 ODI runs at an average of 35.06 and a total of 394 runs at an average of 21.89. Apart from this, in the 104 matches played in IPL, Sehwag has scored 2728 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 16 half-centuries.
“What an opportunity it was to score my first Test century” – Sachin Tendulkar shared a heart-touching post for Rachin and Sarfaraz.
Sarfaraz Khan scored a brilliant century in the Bengaluru Test against New Zealand. Rachin Ravindra & Sarfaraz Khan (Photo Source: The first match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this test match, Team India’s middle order batsman Sarfaraz Khan scored a brilliant century. With this century, Sarfaraz has now become the new troubleshooter of Team India. Sarfaraz Khan scored his first Test century against New Zealand at a time when the team needed it most. Sachin Tendulkar, who is called ‘God of Cricket’ also praised his century innings. Sarfaraz, who was out for 0 in the first innings of the Test match against New Zealand in Bangalore, has put India in a strong position by scoring a century in the second innings. On the basis of his innings, Team India is close to gaining the lead over New Zealand. Sachin Tendulkar shared this special post for Rachin Ravindra and Sarfaraz Khan Sachin Tendulkar posted on X on Sarfaraz Khan’s century and wrote, “Sarfaraz Khan, what an opportunity this was for you to score your first Test century when India needed it most!” Apart from Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin also praised New Zealand’s centurion Rachin Ravindra. Sachin Tendulkar wrote for Rachin Ravindra, “Cricket connects us to our roots. Rachin Ravindra has a special connection with Bangalore, where his family hails from! Another century to his name.” The Master Blaster concluded, “There are exciting times ahead for these two talented youngsters.” Cricket has a way of connecting us to our roots. Rachin Ravindra seems to have a special connection with Bengaluru, where his family hails from! Another century to his name. And Sarfaraz Khan, what an occasion to score your first Test century, when India needed it most!… pic.twitter.com/ER8IN5xFA5 — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) October 19, 2024 Talking about the match, before the fourth day’s play was stopped due to rain, the brilliant batting of Sarfaraz Khan and Rishabh Pant brought India back into the match. Sarfaraz Khan scored the first century of his Test career, while Rishabh Pant is at the crease scoring his 12th Test half-century. There was also a century partnership between the two for the fourth wicket. Sarfaraz is present at the crease after scoring 125 runs and Pant has scored 53 runs. India is now 12 runs behind New Zealand and has 7 wickets in hand. It will be interesting to see how Team India, which was once looking far behind in this Test match, will make a comeback from here.
Virat Kohli broke MS Dhoni’s big record in Bengaluru, now behind only Sachin in this matter
Virat Kohli returned to the pavilion without opening his account in the Bengaluru Test. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Virat Kohli has made a big record for the Indian cricket team. He has become the second player to play the most number of international matches for India. Virat Kohli has broken Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record in this matter. However, after 8 years, when he came to bat at number three in Test cricket, he failed miserably. His account was not even opened at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. He has been playing IPL on this ground for more than 15 years. In such a situation, his getting out for zero in the first innings of this historic match is not a good thing for a big player like him. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli came to play the 536th international match for India today. MS Dhoni has played 535 matches for Team India. In this way, Virat Kohli went ahead of his former captain MS Dhoni, but Virat is still 128 matches behind Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has played 664 matches for India in international cricket. At number four is Rahul Dravid, who has played 504 matches for India in his career and Rohit Sharma is at fifth position in the list, who has played 486 matches for India in international cricket so far. Players who have played most international matches for India 664 matches – Sachin Tendulkar 536 matches – Virat Kohli 535 matches – MS Dhoni 504 matches – Rahul Dravid 486 matches – Rohit Sharma
Sachin Tendulkar honored during NFL match, gets special number 10 jersey from Dallas Cowboys team
Sachin will be seen playing in the International Masters League Sachin Tendulkar (Image Credit- Twitter X) Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket and former Indian player, has recently been seen in America’s National Football League (NFL). Let us tell you that during a match here, Jerry Jones, owner of NFL team Dallas Cowboys, gifted him a special number 10 jersey. Tendulkar being honored in America reflects the growing popularity of cricket in the country. It is noteworthy that Sachin has played an important contribution in promoting cricket in America. He has recently joined the National Cricket League (NCL) in America. So now that he is present in America, he is making his presence felt in other sports also. Let us tell you that the team has shared the photo of Sachin reaching NFL on its official social media account. See this viral photo of Sachin Tendulkar Micah Parsons and Jerry Jones were joined on the field by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar ahead of Cowboys-Lions today.@JSanchezCordova has more on the “God of Cricket” and why he’s in North Texas: (: @SmileyPool, pic.twitter.com/0ROXxuqf5s — SportsDay Cowboys (@dmn_cowboys) October 13, 2024 Also, let us tell you that as co-owner of NCL, the former India batsman is working hard to introduce the game to the American audience, through the attractive Sixty Strikes format. Recently, 51-year-old Sachin came forward and inspired many young athletes at the University of Texas at Dallas. He also talked about how much sports has given him and what an enjoyable experience it is for him to interact with young athletes. A look at Sachin’s cricket career So if we give you information about Sachin’s cricket, he is the player who has played the most international matches for India. Sachin has played 200 Test and 463 ODI matches for India. During this period, Sachin has scored 15921 runs with the help of 51 centuries in Tests and 18426 runs with the help of 49 centuries in ODIs.