STATISTICS Matches Innings N.O. Runs 18,426 463 452 H.S. 200 * 100s 49 50s 96 6s 195 Catches 140 4s 2016 Average 44.83 Strike Rate 86.23 41 Innings Balls Runs Wickets 154 270 8054 Best bowling 5/32 Strike Rate 52.2 4w 4 5w 2 Average 44.48 Economy Rate 5.10 6850 BATTING AND FIELDING 1 BOWLING 2 SACHIN TENDULKAR – THE MAESTRO OF ODI CRICKET The 39-year-old legend, who announced his retirement from One-Day Internationals on Sunday, made his debut against Pakistan in Gujranwala on December 18, 1989. Incidentally, Tendulkar played his last match against the same team in Mirpur (March 18, 2012). Tendulkar scored his maiden hundred in his 79th match He holds the world record for most number of matches (463), most runs (18,426), most centuries (49), and most fifties (96) Tendulkar has bagged the most number of ‘man of the match’ (62) and ‘man of the series’ (15) awards He has had the longest career-span: 22 years and 91 days Between April 1990 and April ’98, Tendulkar played 185 consecu- tive matches – a world record He has played on 96 different grounds, the most by any player The right-hander was the first player to reach 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, and 13,000 runs. He is the only player to have scored more than 14,000 runs Tendulkar scored the bulk of his runs (15,310) opening the innings, including 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings – the most by an opener He was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs (200 n.o. against South Africa at Gwalior on Feb. 24, 2010) Tendulkar was the first player to complete the all-round treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets, and 100 catches He holds the record for scoring 1,000 runs in a calendar year the maximum number of times (seven) Tendulkar played ODIs with and against a total of 866 players – the most for any cricketer He is only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in six World Cups – from 1992 to 2011 Tendulkar has scored the most number of runs in World Cup history (2,278), including six tons and 15 fifties He has contributed 11.27 per cent and 24.50 per cent of the runs and hundreds respectively scored by all Indian batsmen NUMBERS TO REMEMBER STATS: RAJNEESH GUPTA; GRAPHIC: B. SRINIVASAN