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Sachin Tendulkar

Explore Tendulkar’s international debut, landmark innings, team success and later recognition.

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Eight selected public sporting milestones through the 2019 Hall of Fame induction, reviewed on 17 October 2026. Records are described at their historical milestone rather than as an automatically updated ranking.

15 November 1989Pakistan

A teenager enters Test cricket

Tendulkar makes his international debut against Pakistan.

Sachin Tendulkar at Adelaide Oval in 2008. — Blnguyen · CC BY-SA 3.0

1990England

A first international century

His first Test hundred comes against England.

2003Southern Africa

A World Cup campaign earns individual recognition

Tendulkar is named player of the tournament.

Sachin Tendulkar in a dark jacket holding a cricket trophy at a promotional event. — Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0

24 February 2010Gwalior, India

Two hundred in a men’s ODI

An unbeaten innings breaks a men’s cricket barrier.

2 April 2011Mumbai, India

India wins the men’s Cricket World Cup

Dhoni, Tendulkar and Kohli share a team milestone in Mumbai.

Sachin Tendulkar World Cup jersey displayed in a museum. — DesiBoy101 · CC BY 4.0

16 March 2012Bangladesh

A hundred international hundreds

Tendulkar reaches a combined Test-and-ODI milestone.

Rows of commemorative cricket bats for Sachin Tendulkar’s hundred centuries. — DesiBoy101 · CC BY 4.0

November 2013India

The two-hundredth Test is the last

Tendulkar finishes his international playing career.

Spectators photographing the cricket field during Tendulkar’s 199th Test at Eden Gardens. — Royroydeb · CC BY-SA 3.0

18 July 2019International cricket

The ICC Hall of Fame recognises Tendulkar

A later honour looks back on his playing career.