Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar, Turns 51 Today: A Look At Sachin Top 5 World Records

Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar: Today is the 51st birthday of Sachin Tendulkar, one of the greatest batters of all time. He shaped the future of Indian cricket and is often referred to as the 'god of cricket'.

Despite retiring from cricket 11 years ago, Tendulkar's influence and legacy continue to thrive.

The legend of Tendulkar lives on, holding nearly every batting record imaginable, adorned with awards such as the Khel Ratna and Bharat Ratna, and affectionately known as the Master Blaster.

He is the first batsman in history to score 100 international centuries. He broke nearly all the records and set new milestones during his career.

Many Cricketers and cricket enthusiasts wish Sachin Tendulkar a Happy birthday on their social media handles.

Wasim Jaffer, a former Indian Cricketer said, "Happy birthday to the cricketing genius who set the standard for batsmanship all across the globe! Have a great one @sachin_rt????????."

Yuvraj Singh also said on social media 'X', "Happy birthday paaji! ???? From smashing bowlers on the field to smashing life goals, you're the reason I learned to aim higher in life (and sometimes on the field too ????) Here's wishing you loads of love, good health and happiness always ????."

On November 16, 2013, he retired from international cricket.

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Most Runs In the Cricket World

Despite some great runs, Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson cannot break most of Sachin's records.

Sachin has scored 15,921 runs in 200 matches and 329 innings. Ricky Ponting and Jacques Kallis are in 2nd and 3rd place with 13,378 and 13,289 runs, respectively.

There are no other batsmen in the top 10 list who are still playing cricket, so it is highly unlikely that this record will ever be broken.

100 International Centuries and 51 Test Centuries

In addition to his 51 Test centuries, Sachin has also scored 49 hundreds in one day internationals. Kallis and Ponting were once very close to Sachin's century record and Alastair Cook was once in top form for 2-3 years and it looked like he might break Sachin's century record.

Now Kohli seems to be the only contender, but he is also few centuries behind Sachin's record of 100 international centuries.

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Holds the most number of Man of the Match awards

In his career, Sachin has won 63 Man of the Match awards (62), which is the highest. He also has the most Man of the Match awards in World Cup matches (9 such awards).

Most runs in World Cups

From 1992 to 2011, Sachin Tendulkar played a record six World Cups. He also holds the record for most World Cup runs. Sachin has scored 2,278 runs at an average of 56.95.

A two-time finalist, Sachin has scored six centuries and 15 half-centuries at the World Cups, including a win at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2011.

Most Nineties

Sachin has scored a century of centuries, but if he hadn't had the record for the most 90s, he might have scored many more. In ODIs, Sachin has scored in the 90s 18 times and in Tests, he has scored 10 times. In international cricket, he has the record for the most dismissals (28) in the 90s.

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