Some Greatest Achievements of Sachin

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)