sachin tendulkar remarkable achievements of his career

 4th highest tally of runs in test cricket (10,134) at an outstanding average of 57.25 (highest among those who have scored over 8,500 test runs) as of March 2005

* Most runs (over 13642) and centuries (38) in one-day internationals

* Only person to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005

* Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)

* Most Number of Man of the Matches in one-day internationals

* Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs as of April 2005

* Most Number of Runs in World Cup Cricket History

* First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs

* Has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries.

* Among those who have played over 100 test matches, he is the only one with a batting average above 55.

* Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches.

* He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

* He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.

* To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes a batsman as an all time great.

* Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)

While his batting ranks him among the best in the world, he is also a part-time bowler and has played a crucial role as a leg spinner or a medium pace bowler who tends to break partnerships. He has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs and 35 in tests, though his bowling averages are above 40. He continues to perform well under the massive weight of expectation of hundreds of millions of cricket followers, in India and around the world, and most recently was named Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Incidentally, Sachin is the first batsman to be declared run out by third umpire in 1992 in South Africa.

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