By Abhishek Manroa
KOLKATA, India (TheSportsNEXT) December 5, 2012: Indian living legend Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday became only the first player ever to score over 34,000 runs in international cricket career.
Sachin Tendulkar achieved the feat during third Test against England at Eden Gardens in Kolkata when he scored his second run off spinner Monty Panesar just after lunch break.
This is quite astonishing to note that even at the time when Sachin Tendulkar is finding it tough to score runs and prolonging his presence in the middle he is still making new records in international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar, who has been on international cricket scene for about 23 years, has now scored over 15,560 runs from 192 Test matches besides scoring 18,426 runs from 463 One Day Internationals.
Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut in November 1989 against arch-rivals Pakistan and since then he has scored runs in every corner of the world with the help of 51 hundreds in Test career and 49 tons in ODI careers.
The last time Sachin Tendulkar scored a century in Test cricket was in January 2011 against South Africa.
Looking at the list of top three batsmen with most amount of runs scored in international cricket (including Tests, ODIs, T20Is), Sachin Tendulkar is right up there with over 34,000 runs (he was unbeaten at the time of writing this article). Second in the list is Australian legendary cricketer Ricky Ponting with 27,483 runs, followed by South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis with 25,144 runs.
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