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Tendulkar breaks Lara's maximum runs record
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by anamika.mis15 | October 17, 2008 at 01:39 am
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Finally long wait of Tendulkar to break the lara's record of maximum runs in test cricket is over.Today during second test versus Australia he achieved the record.
The long wait is finally over! India's prolific batsmen Sachin Tendulkar surpassed Brian Lara's record to become highest run-scorer in Test cricket history. He achieved this milestone against Australia in the second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Mohali.
West Indies batting great Brian Lara scored 11953 runs in 131 Tests at an average of 52.89 while the Indian maestro reached this mark in 152* matches at an average of 54.11 runs.
In his 19-year-old career, Sachin made and broke many records. The world caught the first glimpse of this great batsman in 1989 at Karachi where he made his Test debut. Though his bat didn't fire there but he did make his mark. In the next Test as Faisalabad, as a 16-year-old boy, he played a superb knock of 59 runs against the pace-attack consisting of Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Saleem Jaffar.
He's come a long way since then and has been India's batting mainstay for years. The 35-year-old is already the world's top-scorer in One-Day Internationals (16,361) and has the most centuries in Test matches (39) and one-dayers (42). He has scored 49 Test half-centuries and 89 ODI fifties.
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at 01:40 on October 17th, 2008
anamika.mis15, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 23:17 on October 17th, 2008
I write this when the little master has broken yet another milestone and he is now a leading run scorer in the two leading formats of the game. It was the first time I saw Sachin bat live in a stadium. I missed the fortune last year when he missed out the Bangalore test against Pakistan due to injury. Watching Sachin bat is the biggest pleasures of cricket. Its like watching a snake move or a fish swim. Its smooth, its stylish and it is so natural. About the shots and the perfect timing I got in those pictures. Well again the credit goes to him! Having following him madly since late eighties I just knew when he is going to hit the ball. Aamir is talented in his acting while Shahrukh is a star with his style. Sachin is as much talented as he is a star. So much so that I used hints of his movement for taking the Brett lee shot so accurate. I could enter the stadium when he was on ~15. Except for the top edge that flied over first slip the master looked in perfect control. So much has been said about Sachin not being able to take up the nervousness at 40s and 90s and I had the misfortune to witness it. I was there and trust me he would be the only person who was not nervous about the whole half century thing..he was in perfect composure.I felt he was bowled a line which would not give runs just to create that extra pressure on him. Experts would know better but I thought the change of pace did the trick and he played on a little to early in the hands of the fielder(i am yet to watch the video so i am not really sure). Well.. another soft dismissal! (i remember he lofted one to mid on in his nineties a while back against Australia) The only silver line when he got out was that Dada was to walk in.. the crowd gave Sachin a standing ovation for his match saving innings while there was a loud cheer when another legend walked in for the last time in Bangalore! -- nileshh Sachin is God though Cricket is not my religion
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at 14:08 on October 17th, 2008
Sachin's last visit to Australia - at the Gabba Brisbane - unfortunately he stepped on his wickets - Even Gods make mistakes I guess - Its wonderful to see him achieve this milestone - the Greatest batter since Bradman (sorry Brian)
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at 14:19 on October 17th, 2008
anamika.mis15, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 14:24 on October 19th, 2008
anamika.mis15, I like this story. It's good stuff. Nice post on a great athletic accomplishment.