After breaking several records in his 18-year-old career, Sachin Tendulkar
will achieve another milestone when he plays his 400th one-day international at
the Reliance Cricket Stadium here tomorrow.
When he turns out against the Australians in the fifth ODI, Tendulkar will become
only the second player after Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya to reach the landmark.
In fact, the two veterans have been progressing neck-and-neck
with the left-hander pipping the Mumbaikar when he took the field against England
at Dambulla in the ongoing one-day series.
Tendulkar is the most prolific one-day batsman in the history
of the game with 15,563 runs in his 399 ODIs to date. He has a world record
of 41 centuries in the format at an average of 44.21.
He has been also useful with the ball taking 152 wickets at an average of 44.
In comparison, Jayasuriya has 12,178 runs in 401 ODIs at an
average of 32.73 with 25 hundreds.
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