The record for highest number of Test and ODI runs in the history of cricket is hold by Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, who played 664 international matches for India. Former India skipper and legendary Sachin Tendulkar will be award to with BCCI’s Lifetime Achievement award at their annual function on Saturday. Total 664 matches for India was played by 51-year-old, Sachin Tendulkar. The record for the highest number of Test and ODI runs in the history hold by Sachin Tendulkar. However, he played only one T20I in his career.
A source from BCCI told PTI ” Yes, he will be the recipient of the C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2024,” Sachin Tendulkar appeared in 200 Test and 463 One Day International matches which is also highest by any player in the history of the game.
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He collected 15,921 Test runs along with 18,426 runs in ODIs. In year 2023, the lifetime honour was award to on former India head coach Ravi Shastri and wicket-keeping great Farokh Engineer.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first men’s cricketer in the world to score a double hundred in ODIs. On 24th February, 2010 he scored an exact 200 not out against South Africa in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
He is considered as one of the greatest cricketers in history, Sachin Tendulkar’s international career spanned a huge 24 years and is probably the only player in the world to have played at the top level for more than 20 years.
Sachin Tendulkar is only cricketer to play 6 World cups
The right-hander Sachin Tendulkar made his India debut in year 1989 in a Test match against Pakistan at the age of 16-year-old. When he won the ODI World Cup at home, his life came to a full circle. Actually, Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to have played six ODI World cups in the history.
Sachin Tendulkar will be the 31st recipient of the this award, which was started in 1994 in honour of India’s first Skipper Col. C K Nayudu, who had a 47-year-long first-class career between 1916 and 1963, which is a world record.
