Among the various records that Sachin Tendulkar holds after his two-decade-long international career, one is of scoring the highest number…
Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar during the 2008 Border-Gavaskar series against Australia. (Photo: AFP.)
Among the various records that Sachin Tendulkar holds after his two-decade-long international career, one is of scoring the highest number of runs in Test cricket.
Notably, it was on this day, that is October 17, 11 years ago that the Master Blaster crossed Brian Lara’s figure of 11,953 runs and became the leading run-scorer in cricket’s traditional format. he achieved the feat in the second Test of the 2008 Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia in Mohali.
Remembering the day, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted a video of the moment when Tendulkar broke the record of the West Indian legend. Taking to their official handle, BCCI wrote, “This Day in 2008 – @sachin_rt surpassed Brian Lara to become the highest run-scorer in Tests.”
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This Day in 2008 – @sachin_rt surpassed Brian Lara to become the highest run-scorer in Tests 🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/XoRTNF2zAs
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 17, 2019
Tendulkar was batting with Sourav Ganguly when he guided the delivery off Peter Siddle towards the empty region of third-man and ran three to attain the milestone in his 152nd Test match at an average of 54.03. Lara had taken 131 Tests to reach his figure before he called it a day in his career.
Tendulkar retired from international cricket in November 2013 after playing two Test matches against West Indies, the last of which was at his home ground of Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Master finished his playing days after amassing a total of 34,357 runs in his international career.
He scored 15921 runs in 200 Test matches at an average of 53.8 and 18426 in 463 One Day Internationals (ODIs) with a scoring rate of 44.8. In his only Twenty-20 International (T20I), he made a paltry score of 10.
The series of 2008 against Australia is also etched in the memories of Indian cricket fans as it marked the retirement of Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly. While Kumble called it a day during the third Test of the four-match series, Ganguly retired after the final match.
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