A Look at the career of God of Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest batsman in cricket history, holds almost every batting record in his cricket books. Due to his sacrifices for the country, fans started calling him the “God of Cricket”. It is because of him that modern-day greats like Virat Kohli, world-winning captain MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma and many other players started playing cricket. Apart from this, there are many players around the world who got inspired by this great player.He played for his country for 24 years. He is the man who played with an injured nose in his first Test series against Pakistan in 1989. After the great batsman Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin became the next superstar of the Indian national cricket team. He is the man who remained the breath of Indian fans for 2 decades. Sachin played his first international match against Pakistan in 1989 and he played his last international match against West Indies in 2013.

If we talk about the Sachin Tendulkar total runs in international cricket, he has 34357 international runs including 100 centuries in all formats. Sachin Tendulkar scored 15921 Test runs including 51 centuries and 68 half-centuries at an average of 53.78. He scored 18426 ODI runs including 49 centuries and 96 half-centuries at an average of 44.83. He also played a T20I match against South Africa, in which he scored 10 runs. Almost every batting record is recorded in his record book, including most runs and centuries in Tests and ODIs. He was the first batsman to score a double century in ODIs. He scored a double century in an ODI against South Africa in Gwalior in 2010.

Virat Kohli has become the next superstar of the Indian cricket team after Sachin Tendulkar. According to many fans, Virat Kohli will break Sachin Tendulkar's record. Virat has already surpassed Sachin's record of 49 ODI centuries. It will be very interesting to see if Virat Kohli will be able to break Sachin Tendulkar's record of most international runs in the upcoming matches. Sachin had only one dream in his career, that of winning the 50-over World Cup. He finally fulfilled his dream in 2011. In that World Cup, he scored 482 runs including 2 centuries and 2 half-centuries. He became the second-highest run-scorer in the 2011 World Cup. Earlier, he had also scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. Thanks to him, India reached the final of that World Cup, but in the final, the 6-time world champion Australian team broke his dream. Sachin became the Player of the Tournament in the 2003 World Cup, but his dream was not fulfilled that day. He holds the record for scoring the most runs in a World Cup for 20 years. In the 2023 World Cup, Virat Kohli will surpass him by scoring 765 runs. Sachin played his last international match in 2013 against West Indies at his home ground Wankhede Stadium. When he went back to the dressing room, the whole crowd was crying for his megastar retirement. Indian cricket fans never forget Sachin's achievement.