While searching for the God of cricket there would be only one name that would come up in your results and that is Sachin Tendulkar. Famously called the “Master Blaster” Sachin is known for his extraordinary and memorable career in cricket in terms of numbers and longevity.
Today’s generation of players may find scoring a century or double century in ODI and Test Matches as being simple and easy. However, throughout Sachin’s cricket career, he faced off against a number of world-class bowlers that too on difficult surfaces. Below is the list of his records in international cricket.
Let us look at some unique records that made Sachin Tendulkar the God of cricket.
- Sachin Tendulkar scored a total of 34357 runs in all format tests, ODI, and T20I cricket
- Sachin Tendulkar has played the most number of Test matches (200) in cricket history
- Sachin has scored the most runs (15,921), and most centuries (51) in the Test format
- Sachin Tendulkar has played the most number of ODI matches (463), scored the most ODI runs (18,426), and most ODI centuries (49) in cricket history
- Sachin is the only cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket
- Only cricketer to score 5 Test 100s in international cricket before turning 20 years old.
- Sachin holds the record of the longest ODI career at 22 years and 91 days
- Sachin made 673 runs in 11 matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. This is the maximum any player has scored in a single World Cup edition
Sachin Tendulkar a.k.a God of Cricket made his international cricket debut for India in a Test match against Pakistan in 1989. He motivated the younger generation to pick up the bat and play for the country. Many of the current Indian cricketers, like MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, and Virat Kohli, looked up to him as an inspiration.
Calling Sachin Tendulkar the god of cricket in world comes with a significant number of reasons. He is not only admired for his way of handling the stardom that came with the game, he is known to keep his composure under pressure. Apart from achieving several unthinkable milestones, he was and will always be a great cricket player.
Willian Gilbert Grace
Willian Gilbert Grace was an English cricketer, known as the father of cricket. Being a big-time cricket enthusiast he gave his heart and soul to playing cricket. From 1865 to 1908, he tried to make his future in cricket. Coincidentally, he played his first (year 1880) and last match against Australia.
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Why is W.G. Grace the Father of Cricket?
WG Grace was a player who played during that introductory phase of the game when it wasn’t even considered a World level sport. It won’t be wrong to say that he parented the game. He was a right-handed all-rounder whose bowling skills were as good as his batting skills who played for England.
- His career revolved mostly around the first-class cricket geniuses. He was a complete package in himself.
- His technique with bat and temperament while bowling were some of the attributes that are rare even in today’s cricket.
- Grace’s understanding of the game was such that he captained the teams most of the times he played for. He is said to be the enforcer of modern batting styles.