Sachin Tendulkar today became the most-capped Test cricketer in the world after taking field for his 169th match, the third and final of the ongoing series against Sri Lanka, here.
The 37-year-old batting maestro, who holds almost every batting record, overtook retired former Australian captain Steve Waugh with whom he was tied at 168 matches after the second Test at SSC here.
Tendulkar, who has been around for two decades now, has also played 442 one—day internationals, just a couple of matches less than Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya’s record of 444.
ADVERTISEMENT
Tendulkar has scored 13,742 runs in 168 Tests at an average of 56.08, notching up 48 hundreds and 55 half—centuries in the process.
He has 17,598 runs, including 46 centuries, in his 442 one-dayers. The Mumbaikar also holds the distinction of being the first batsman to score a double hundred in ODIs.