ALL RECORDS OF SACHIN TENDULKAR
41. Longest career span : 22 years 91 days.
42. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record.
43. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC Batsmen ranking for 10 years in Tests.
44. He was the first cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor only to be followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
45. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
46. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI players.
47. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.
48. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts.
49. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire.
50. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
