Legendary Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar is arguably one of the greatest batsmen to have played the game, gave Indian fans multitudinous memories during his long illustrious international career which lasted 24 years and the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) latest tweet featured one such iconic moment.
On Thursday, the BCCI shared a video when batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar surpassed the West Indian great Brian Lara to become the leading run-scorer in Test cricket. BCCI’s tweet read: “This Day in 2008 @sachin_rt surpassed Brian Lara to become the highest run-scorer in Tests”.
This Day in 2008 – @sachin_rt surpassed Brian Lara to become the highest run-scorer in Tests 🙌🙌 pic.twitter.com/XoRTNF2zAs
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 17, 2019
The video filled the fans with nostalgia as it helped them relive the iconic moment involving the Indian great. Here are some of the reactions to the video:
Remember watching this on television … Indeed it was big achievement.
— Swapnil (@swapnil__ak) October 17, 2019
Lot of legend Players came & went! But Sachin's elegance & Grace while shot selection, Cricket will never ever see again in its lifetime!
What a player! 🙏😍🥰 @bhogleharsha
— BRK🎭BEDRA (@BedraBrk) October 17, 2019
So he has held the record for 11 years today. I think he will hold it for another 100 years.
— dilipmordani (@dilipmordani) October 17, 2019
Tendulkar achieved this feat on October 17, 2008, playing against Australia at the IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. Tendulkar overtook Brian Lara’s record of 11,953 runs by guiding Peter Siddle’s delivery through the vacant third-man region for three runs.
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Tendulkar reached the milestone in 152 Tests and 247 innings at an average of 54.03 while Lara had taken 131 Tests. He played Test cricket for another five years and retired in November 2013, after playing a record 200 Test matches. He finished his Test career with 15,921 runs, with the help of 51 centuries — both of which are still a world record.
The only batsman who looks like he is closing in on Tendulkar’s formidable record is the current Indian skipper Virat Kohli. Tendulkar has 49 One-day Internationals (ODIs) centuries to his name, while Kohli is on the second position with 43 centuries in the format.
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While Virat is quickly closing in on Tendulkar’s most centuries record in ODIs, he still has a long way to go in Test cricket as he is behind by 25 centuries.
