Sachin's 8000 runs breaks all records (8 June 1999)

8 June 1999

Sachin's 8000 runs breaks all records

Atul Kahate

Sachin Tendulkar has done in batting what Saqlain Mushtaq has done in bowling: he has broken all kinds of batting records when completing 8000 career runs. he has taken the least number of matches, innings to reach 8000 runs. He is also the youngest to do so and has taken the least period since debut to achieve this landmark.

The following table shows the full details.

Vs Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

SL 39 37 5 1343 137 41.97 4 7 1 89.52 Aus 22 22 0 1260 143 57.27 5 6 1 89.17 Pak 36 34 4 1125 118 37.50 2 8 3 86.12 NZ 24 23 0 973 117 42.30 2 6 2 95.67 WI 24 24 4 803 105 40.15 1 7 2 73.00 Zim 20 19 4 779 127* 51.93 4 1 0 98.61 SA 28 28 0 760 114 27.14 1 4 1 70.70 Ken 4 4 3 385 140* 385.00 3 0 0 105.48 Eng 14 14 1 384 91 29.53 0 2 0 90.27 Ban 5 4 0 163 54 40.75 0 1 0 104.49 UAE 1 1 0 63 63 63.00 0 1 0 81.82

Home 71 68 8 2791 137 46.52 9 18 2 86.09 Away 146 142 13 5247 143 40.67 13 25 8 87.71

TOTAL 217 210 21 8038 143 42.59 22 43 10 87.13

Season Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

1989-90 7 7 0 116 36 16.57 0 0 2 82.27 1990-91 6 5 0 176 53 35.20 0 2 0 101.73 1991-92 26 25 4 885 84 42.14 0 9 1 74.18 1992-93 17 16 2 343 82* 24.50 0 1 0 70.29 1993-94 20 20 3 589 82 34.65 0 5 0 85.36 1994-95 21 21 2 961 115 50.58 4 4 3 88.21 1995-96 22 22 1 1025 137 48.81 4 5 0 85.13 1996-97 31 31 2 1226 117 42.28 4 6 1 83.86 1997-98 46 42 3 1749 143 44.85 5 10 1 95.99 1998-99 21 21 4 968 141 56.94 5 1 2 101.81

Place Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

Ind 71 68 8 2791 137 46.52 9 18 2 86.09 UAE 32 32 5 1528 143 56.59 6 6 1 98.14 SL 23 21 1 809 128 40.45 3 3 1 89.97 NZ 16 16 0 575 84 35.94 0 4 2 97.62 Aus 16 15 2 521 77 40.08 0 5 0 66.12 Ban 7 7 0 407 141 58.14 1 3 0 109.41 Can 12 11 2 313 89* 34.78 0 3 1 67.02 SA 14 14 0 283 45 20.21 0 0 1 66.90 Eng 11 11 1 324 140* 32.40 1 0 1 99.22 Zim 5 5 1 210 127* 52.50 1 0 0 92.11 Sin 2 2 0 128 100 64.00 1 0 0 90.14 WI 4 4 1 119 65* 39.67 0 1 0 85.61 Pak 4 4 0 30 21 7.50 0 0 1 71.43

Bat Pos Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R

1 29 27 1 795 114 30.57 1 4 0 81.52 2 102 101 8 4942 143 53.72 20 22 6 94.05 3 4 4 0 49 21 12.25 0 0 0 49.49 4 40 38 4 1344 140* 40.66 1 12 1 74.07 5 37 36 8 797 82* 28.46 0 5 3 81.08 6 4 3 0 91 36 30.33 0 0 0 112.35 7 1 1 0 20 20 20.00 0 0 0 80.00

Milestone Mts Ins Age Period Milestone reached

1000 36 34 18/317 2/ 80 Zim Hamilton 07 Mar 1992 2000 73 70 20/354 4/117 UAE Sharjah 13 Apr 1994 3000 96 93 21/350 5/113 SL Sharjah 09 Apr 1995 4000 115 112 22/358 6/121 SA Sharjah 17 Apr 1996 5000 141 138 23/294 7/ 57 SA Durban 12 Feb 1997 6000 176 170 24/265 8/ 28 Pak Dhaka 14 Jan 1998 7000 196 189 25/ 74 8/202 SL Colombo (3) 07 Jul 1998 8000 217 210 26/ 44 9/170 Pak Manchester 08 Jun 1999

Team Mts Ins Age Period Milestone reached

1 SR Tendulkar Ind 217 210 26/ 44 9/170 Pak Manchester 08 Jun 1999 2 DL Haynes WI 220 219 37/ 12 15/ 6 Pak Johannesburg 27 Feb 1993 3 PA de Silva SL 254 247 33/164 14/365 Ind Pune 30 Mar 1999 4 M Azharuddin Ind 278 257 35/ 65 13/ 85 Aus Delhi (1) 14 Apr 1998

Player Team Mts Ins NO Runs HS Avg H F Z S/R

M Azharuddin Ind 321 295 53 9022 153* 37.28 7 56 9 73.85 DL Haynes WI 238 237 28 8648 152* 41.38 17 57 13 64.01 PA de Silva SL 259 252 25 8093 145 35.65 11 56 13 81.41 SR Tendulkar Ind 217 210 21 8038 143 42.59 22 43 10 87.13

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)

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