Finally Sachin achieved the milestone of 15000 runs in Test Cricket. Now he is way ahead of the next highest scorer in the biggest version of World Cricket. He was unbeaten on 33 as India reached 2-152 in their second innings at stumps on the third day after being set a challenging 276-run target to win the match on a low, slow pitch. He also needs just one more century to score an unprecedented 100 international hundreds. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.
How Sachin completed 15000 runs?
Top run-getters in Test cricket (on 9th Nov 2011 )
15,005 – Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
12,859 – Rahul Dravid (IND)
12,487 – Ricky Ponting (AUS)
11,953 – Brian Lara (WIS)
11,947 – Jacques Kallis (RSA)
11,174 – Allan Border (AUS)
10,927 – Steve Waugh (AUS)
10,122 – Sunil Gavaskar (IND)
Watch out this video recording where Sachin completes his 15000 runs.
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