Top 10 Cricketers who have played 500 or more international matches
Check out the list of cricketers who have played 500 or more international matches, creating milestones in the cricketing era.
1. Sachin Tendulkar
Former India star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar holds the record of playing the most international matches with 664 appearances. In his immense 24-year international career, he played cricket diligently and became the leading run-scorer in the game with 34357 runs with 100 tons and 164 fifties in 782 innings.
In Tests, he is the only cricketer to play 200 matches. The veteran, to date, is the leading run-scorer for India, amassing 15921 runs with 51 centuries and 68 fifties in 329 innings. Sachin is also the only player along with Pakistan’s former player Javed Miandad who appeared in six ODI World Cup editions.
The Master Blaster bid adieu to ODI cricket in December 2012 after giving 23 years to white-ball cricket’s longest form. He wrapped up his unprecedented ODI career with 18426 runs in 463 matches at a strike rate of 86.23. These enormous numbers are still unbreakable. In 2010, he scored 200 runs against South Africa in Gwalior and became the first batter to hit a double century in ODIs.
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