Sachin Tendulkar factfile

Factfile on India's Sachin Tendulkar who begins his 21st year in international cricket next week.

Factfile on India's Sachin Tendulkar who begins his 21st year in international cricket next week:

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Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Right-hand batsman, right-arm slow bowler.

Date of birth: April 24, 1973

Major teams: India, Mumbai, Yorkshire

Height: 5 feet, 5 inches

Test debut: v Pakistan, Karachi, November 15, 1989

One-day debut: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, December 18, 1989

Twenty20 debut: v South Africa, Johannesburg, December 1, 2006

Career:

Tests:

Matches 159, Runs 12,773 runs, Average 54.58, Centuries 42, Wickets 44.

One-dayers:

Matches 436, Runs 17,178, Average 44.50, Centuries 45, Wickets 154

Twenty20:

Match 1, Runs 10, Average 10.00, Wicket 1.

World records:

- Most Test runs (12,773) and centuries (42)

- Most one-day runs (17,178) and centuries (45)

- Most World Cup runs (1,796)

- 1,000 or more Test runs in a calendar year five times: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008. (Shares the feat with Matthew Hayden (AUS), Ricky Ponting (AUS) and Brian Lara (WIS))

- 1,000 or more one-day runs in a calendar year seven times: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007.

- First batsman to score more than 50 international centuries. His tally stands at 87 - 42 Test and 45 one-day hundreds.