Tendulkar first player to make 17000 ODI runs

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 9:16 pm under Sports News

Tendulkar first player to make 17000 ODI runs HYDERABAD DECCAN: India’s master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has achieved the honour of becoming the first player to make 17,000 runs in One-day International cricket.

He reached the coveted milestone in his 435th one-dayer. Besides making the most runs in one-day internationals, Tendulkar also holds several other world records in cricket.

He is the highest run-getter in Test cricket also by scoring 12,773 runs in 159 Test matches.

Tendulkar holds the records of making the most centuries in both Test and ODI cricket. He made 42 Test and 44 ODI hundreds. He has also made the highest number of one-day international appearances. Watch Live Cricket