Sachin Tendulkar Scores 10 000 Test Runs

I know its a bit late but Sachin Tendulkar did in the end make it to 10 000 Test Runs. He made it against Pakistan his arch rivals who he hasn't played much cricket against in his career due to political situations but he got there with a somewhat subdued celebration (which is surprising as the one place in the world you'd expect them to go mad for that sort of stuff is India) but it is still an achievement to be recognised. Congratulations to him. He joins messers Waugh (Steven), Border and fellow countryman Sunil Gavaskar along with Brian Lara who achieved the feat last year. He is also level with Sunil Gavaskar for the all time century record in Test cricket on 34 which he failed to break in the series just gone by with Pakistan.

Yeah though he has been struggling with injury as of late though with his re-occuring elbow troubles (he got that from Muralitharan ;)) and has now even begun to start taking criticism from his own fans though to be fair his form has dipped a little as of late so some of it is justified i suppose. I think his career is not quite as "perfect" as it used to be anymore.

I know its been a long time but well done to Sachin for completing 10,000 runs in test matches. How fitting that he achieved this milestone against Pakistan. He has been a gret servant to Indian cricket for the last 10-15 years.

sachin has been a great player but dont you think in the last 2 years, sachins form has declined a bit? still congradulations on completing 10 000 runs as well as equalling the record for the most centuries in tests as well as having the most centuties in odi's

i certainly agree with you vize, sachin has completely lost the touch of the nineties and his batting is declining. his career is coming to a close. he's jus not as good as he use to be.

But its true that if Sachin gets back into form, he will easily score (well maybe not easily but he will) 50 centuries in ODIs and Tests. sachin is a great player and even Donald Bradman said that Sachin Tendulker is his own reincarnation. sounds a bit silly but you guys know what that means. Sachin may not be as good as bradman in terms of averages but sachin has scored more runs than bradman, sachin has scored more centuries than bradman. sachin is truely a great player.

sachin isa good player but i think that he is not as good as the likes of lara.

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 and why do you think that lara is better than tendulker? you should discuss this on the topic called "who's better??? lara or tendulker" in the "general cricket talk section"

Yup, it doesn't help to make general statements kennzo, and if you are going to make comparisons between those players, there is a thread in the general section.

Generally though, this forum was created mainly by, for and at the behest of JALRC as he kept up with so many stats, and I don't think anyone else has the time to do so anymore.

Originally posted by saadadvanced7 does anyone know why it took sachin longer than lara to achieve 10 000 test runs cause sachins average is higher than laras and he should have achieved the feat earlier. he has also been playing longer than lara, i think, so i don't understand why it took sachin longer to score the runs than lara??!!

Injuries, probably. I can't remember Lara missing many games through injury and it's only recently he's missed games through the contract dispute. That would be my guess anyway.

but tendulker has played more matches at a higher average. maybe he played them over a longer margin of time. i don't know, i'm confused.

Originally posted by soccer sachin is a really good batsman and having 10k runs at the age of 32 is pretty amazing. is he the captain or is ganguly the captian. because those 2 and maybe dravid are the backbone of india's bating line up! is there anyone else with 10k runs that is still playing.

Lara has 10k, he's not far away from the overall record actually but he's in no form so might take a while to get them.

tendulkar is a great player and why only 50. let him make 100 centuries in tests and odis

but lara is good and hes catching and so is inzy and when sachin and inzy go lara breaka new record

I don't Sachin will do that. Because Sachin is quitting after World Cup.

Originally posted by dhoniisbest I don't Sachin will do that. Because Sachin is quitting after World Cup.

thats a news to me? where did u hear it from?