Stats: Progressive analysis of Sachin Tendulkar’s career runs birthday wise

By Umangkumar Vijaybhai Pabari

Updated - 24 Apr 2016, 01:20 IST

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Sachin Tendulkar celebrates his 43rd birthday today. One might not be able to describe his achievements on the cricket field in words, but there are some remarkable stats that will help us put it forward in a more justifiable way. Lots and lots of analysis’ have been done on the master blaster right through his 24-year long career and years after he bid goodbye to international cricket. His batting and run scoring ability has always been a parameter and the best of the current generation are always assessed on that basis.

To make it a little different from what you must have already read, we decided to do a progressive analysis of Sachin Tendulkar’s career runs birthday wise.

Test Debut: November 15, 1989, vs Pakistan

ODI Debut: December 18, 1989, vs Pakistan

T20I Debut: December 01, 2006, vs Pakistan

Birthday Number – 17: (From November 15, 1989 to April 24, 1990)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 7 10 0 332 88 33.20 0 3 1
Total Test Runs: 332
ODI 3 3 0 36 36 12.00 0 0 2
Total ODI Runs: 36

Sachin Tendulkar made his first fifty in international cricket against Pakistan at Faisalabad on November 23, 1989.

He registered his first duck in international cricket against Pakistan at Gujranwala on December 18, 1989.

Birthday Number – 18: (From April 24, 1990 to April 24, 1991)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 4 6 1 256 119* 51.20 1 1 0
Total Test Runs: 588
ODI 10 9 0 256 53 28.44 0 2 0
Total ODI Runs:292

Sachin made his first hundred in international cricket against England at Manchester on December 05, 1990.

Interesting Fact: Number of runs scored by SRT between his 18th and 19th birthday in Tests and ODIs are identical.

Birthday Number – 19:(From April 25, 1991 to April 24, 1992)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 5 9 1 368 148* 46.00 2 0 0
Total Test Runs: 956
ODI 26 25 4 885 84 42.14 0 9 1
Total ODI Runs: 1177

Actually, he made more than 500 runs in any format first time between his 19th and 20th birthday.

Fact: He also went past 1000 runs in ODIs between his 19th and 20th birthday.

Birthday Number – 20: (From April 25, 1992 to April 24, 1993)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 9 12 1 566 165 51.45 2 4 2
Total Test Runs: 1522
ODI 17 16 2 343 82* 24.50 0 1 0
Total ODI Runs: 1520

He made more than 500 runs first time in Test cricket between his 20th and 21st birthday.

Interesting Fact: When he was celebrating his 21st birthday, by then he has made somewhat identical runs in Tests and ODIs.

Birthday Number – 21: (From April 25, 1993 to April 24, 1994)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 7 8 2 501 142 83.50 2 2 0
Total Test Runs: 2023
ODI 20 20 3 589 82 34.64 0 5 0
Total ODI Runs: 2109

Fact: He had hit more than 500 runs in both formats for the first time in his career between his 21st and 22nd birthday.

Birthday Number – 22: (From April 25, 1994 to April 24, 1995)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 3 6 0 402 179 67.00 1 2 0
Total Test Runs: 2425
ODI 21 21 2 961 115 50.57 4 4 3
Total ODI Runs: 3070

Sachin scored his first ODI hundred between his 22nd and 23rd birthday.

Birthday Number – 23: (From April 25, 1995 to April 24, 1996)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 3 4 2 58 52* 29.00 0 1 0
Total Test Runs: 2483
ODI 19 19 1 988 137 54.88 4 5 0
Total ODI Runs: 4058

This was the year between his birthday number 23rd and 24th when he did not score a Test century other than his debut year in international cricket.

Birthday Number – 24: (From April 25, 1996 to April 24, 1997)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 15 25 1 1134 177 47.25 3 5 1
Total Test Runs: 3617
ODI 27 27 1 1021 114 39.26 3 5 1
Total ODI Runs: 5079

Fact: Sachin Tendulkar scored more than 1000 runs in both formats first time in his career between his 24th and 25th birthday.

Birthday Number – 25: (From April 25, 1997 to April 24, 1998)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 8 12 1 935 177 85.00 5 1 0
Total Test Runs: 4552
ODI 45 42 3 1577 143 40.43 4 9 1
Total ODI Runs: 6656

Interesting fact: The most hundreds that he scored between his two birthdays came in between his 25th and 26th birthday and 37th and 38th birthday.

Birthday Number – 26: (From April 25, 1998 to April 24, 1999)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 7 13 1 625 190 62.66 4 1 1
Total Test Runs: 5177
ODI 23 22 4 1145 141 63.61 6 3 1
Total ODI Runs: 7801

Fact: Most hundreds (ODI + Test) between his two birthdays was in the duration between his 26th and 27th birthday.

Birthday Number – 27: (From April 25, 1999 to April 24, 2000)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 8 16 2 859 217 61.35 3 3 1
Total Test Runs: 6036
ODI 35 35 2 1307 186* 39.60 4 3 3
Total ODI Runs: 9108

Sachin scored his first ever double century in international cricket between his 27th and 28th birthday against New Zealand at Ahmedabad on October 29, 1999.

Birthday Number – 28: (From April 25, 2000 to April 24, 2001)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 6 10 1 684 201* 76.00 3 2 0
Total Test Runs: 6720
ODI 22 22 0 1071 146 48.68 3 5 0
Total ODI Runs: 10179

He went past 10000 runs in ODIs between his 28th and 29th birthday.

Birthday Number – 29: (From April 25, 2001 to April 24, 2002)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 11 18 2 1149 176 71.81 4 5 1
Total Test Runs: 7869
ODI 18 17 4 890 146 68.46 3 4 1
Total ODI Runs: 11069

Birthday Number – 30: (From April 25, 2002 to April 24, 2003)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 12 20 1 942 217 57.66 4 3 0
Total Test Runs: 8811
ODI 28 27 4 1150 152 50.00 3 7 1
Total ODI Runs: 12219

Birthday Number – 31: (From April 25, 2003 to April 24, 2004)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 9 15 3 659 241* 54.91 2 2 2
Total Test Runs: 9470
ODI 19 19 1 915 141 50.83 3 4 1
Total ODI Runs: 13134

Birthday Number – 32: (From April 25, 2004 to April 24, 2005)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 9 14 2 664 248* 55.33 1 4 0
Total Test Runs: 10134
ODI 15 15 1 508 123 36.28 1 3 0
Total ODI Runs: 13642

Stat Fact: Tendulkar registered his highest score in Test cricket between his 32nd and 33rd birthday.

Birthday Number – 33: (From April 25, 2005 to April 24, 2006)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 9 13 1 335 109 27.91 1 0 0
Total Test Runs: 10469
ODI 14 14 1 504 100 38.76 1 3 1
Total ODI Runs: 14146
T20I 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 0 0 0
Total T20I Runs: 10

He had made his debut in T20Is in 2006 and that was also his last T20I match.

Stat Fact: Sachin Tendulkar’s lowest average in Test cricket between two birthdays came in between his 33rd and 34th birthday.

Birthday Number – 34: (From April 25, 2006 to April 24, 2007)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 3 6 0 199 64 33.16 0 2 1
Total Test Runs: 10668
ODI 22 21 4 701 141* 41.23 2 5 2
Total ODI Runs: 14847

He gone past 10,000 runs between his 34th and 35th birthday in Test cricket.

Birthday Number – 35: (From April 25, 2007 to April 24, 2008)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 12 21 3 1114 154* 61.88 4 6 1
Total Test Runs: 11782
ODI 33 33 1 1514 117* 47.31 1 12 2
Total ODI Runs: 16361

Fact: He scored most fifties in ODIs between his 35th and 36th birthday in his career.

Birthday Number – 36: (From April 25, 2008 to April 24, 2009)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 12 23 2 991 160 47.19 3 4 0
Total Test Runs: 12773
ODI 8 8 1 323 163* 46.14 1 2 0
Total ODI Runs: 16684

Birthday Number – 37: (From April 25, 2009 to April 24, 2010)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 7 10 2 674 143 84.25 5 1 0
Total Test Runs: 13447
ODI 17 16 2 914 200* 65.28 3 2 0
Total ODI Runs: 17598

Fact: Tendulkar scored his first double century in ODI cricket between his 37th and 38rd birthday.

Birthday Number – 38: (From April 25, 2010 to April 24, 2011)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 11 19 3 1245 214 77.81 4 5 0
Total Test Runs: 14692
ODI 11 11 0 513 120 46.63 2 2 0
Total ODI Runs: 18111

Birthday Number – 39: (From April 25, 2011 to April 24, 2012)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 11 21 0 778 94 37.04 0 6 0
Total Test Runs: 15470
ODI 10 10 0 315 114 31.50 1 1 0
Total ODI Runs: 18426

He played his last ODI in between his 39th and 40th birthday.

Birthday Number – 40: (From April 25, 2012 to April 24, 2013)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 10 16 1 367 81 24.46 0 2 0
Total Test Runs: 15837

Birthday Number – 41, 42, 43 (From April 25, 2013 to April 24, 2016)

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 2 2 0 84 74 42.00 0 1 0
Total Test Runs: 15921

Sachin Tendulkar played his last Test innings in between his 40th and 41st birthday.

Last Test: November 14, 2016 vs West Indies

Last ODI: March 18, 2012 vs Pakistan

Last T20I: December 01, 2006 vs South Africa

Career Summary:

Format Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average 100s 50s Ducks
Test 200 329 33 15921 218* 53.78 51 68 14
ODI 463 452 41 18426 200* 44.83 49 96 20
T20Is 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 0 0 0

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