Even as the world still waits for Sachin to complete a century of centuries, he manages to touch another huge milestone in test cricket. He has become the first batsman in the history of test cricket to cross 15000 international runs. Also, this is not the first time to cross the mark; he has also crossed the milestone in the One Day International format. For the matter of the fact he was the first batsman to reach the 12000, 13000, and 14000 run marks as well. If you see his ODI record he had become the first player to achieve the mark of 10000 runs and then also every subsequent 1000 runs, and now has over 18000 ODI runs. Overall he has crossed 33000 runs in international cricket which is a record in itself.
In test matches the player immediately behind Sachin is Rahul Dravid, who has scored 12859 runs, which means there is a difference of over 2000 runs between the two which is a massive difference.
All these records coupled with a record of 99 international hundreds, is something very special. And now he is batting on 33 as the day’s play ended. And if India needs to go onto win the match, the team would require Sachin to play a big innings, which means that maybe Sachin’s might not have to wait too long for the 100th century as well.
In the end I would like to congratulate Sachin for his new achievement, and hope that he would get many more in future. Also I would wish him best of luck for tomorrow and hope that he continues this great form, and not only wins the match for the team but also, hits the most awaited hundredth century.
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Sachin is the most overrated over-hyped cricketer in the world. His inability to win matches for India is a blot on his career.
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I can completely understand what you are trying to say by the questions in the article shared by you, but hang on I would like to answer a few of them here.
Sachin’s record against the two leading wicket takers in test cricket (Warne and Muralidharan) is implacable. Also, it is only a few cricketers that rate him lower than Lara, many rate him higher. Moreover, Lara, Dravid, Laxman, Ponting all are talked about their heroics in Test matches, while Jayasurya, Sehwag, Vivian Richards in ODIs. But Sachin has been great in both the forms of the game.
When we talk about him failing in the finals of a tournamnet, why do we forget his performances that have been instrumental in making the team to reach the finals. It is banking on his performances in the league matches that the team generally makes it to the finals.
Yes, he is a little over-hyped when it comes to Indian media, but then everyone around the world says that too.
-S