Tendulkar surpasses 13,000 Test runs

Chittagong: Sachin Tendulkar reached another milestone today, surpassing 13,000 Test runs during India's first innings against Bangladesh in the first Test here. Tendulkar needed 30 runs to achieve the feat when he came to bat. He reached the milestone with a pull shot for four off Mahmudullah in the 36th over, becoming the first batsman in the world to cross the 13,000-run mark. Tendulkar, while batting on 16, got a life when Imrul Kayes dropped his catch in the slip off Shafiul Islam. The batting maestro stood alone even as wickets around him kept falling and India were left struggling at 213 for eight at stumps. Tendulkar scored his 55th Test fifty remaining unbeaten after a 140-ball 76 with the help of six fours and one six. Tendulkar is the highest scorer in both Tests and ODIs. In 162 Tests, Tendulkar has scored at an average of 54.72 with 43 centuries. In 440 ODIs, Tendulkar has amassed 17,394 runs with 45 tons and 93 half-centuries.


On a gloomy day when the Indian batting order collapsed in a heap against minnows Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar quietly reached yet another milestone when he became the first batsman to score 13,000 Test runs in Chittagong on Sunday.

The highest run accumulator in both the Test and ODI versions of the game went into the first Test needing 30 runs to reach the milestone. Batting on 28, Tendulkar pulled Mahmudullah in the 36th over and the ball raced to the rope to bring up his 13000 runs in Tests in the 36th over.

The batsman acknowledged the applause from the sporting crowd of the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. In the dressing room, coach Gary Kirsten was also seen clapping.

As if to celebrate the feat, Tendulkar drove the next ball through covers for another four.

Tendulkar's wait for the feat could have been longer had Imrul Kayes been able to hold on to the catch he nearly took in the slip off Shafiul Islam when the batsman was on 16.

The clanger allowed Tendulkar to amble towards his 55th Test fifty as he stood tall amid ruins, remaining unbeaten after a 140-ball 76.

Tendulkar went into the match having amassed 12,970 runs from 162 Tests at an average of 54.72 with the help of 43 centuries and 54 half centuries.

His record is equally impressive in ODIs with the batting great piling up a record 17,394 runs from 440 one dayers, averaging 44.71 and including 45 centuries and 93 half centuries.