Sachin Tendulkar has become the third batsman in the history of World Cup cricket to score 1000 runs and is poised to become the highest run-getter in India's next match against New Zealand. He is just 40 runs behind the record of Javed Miandad.

The following table shows the details.

Table (A) 1000 runs or more in World Cup matches

Player            Team Mts Ins NO Runs  HS    Avg    H  F  Z  S/R

Javed Miandad     Pak   33  30  5  1083 103   43.32  1  8  2  67.30
SR Tendulkar      Ind   21  20  3  1043 140*  61.35  3  6  1  87.62
IVA Richards      WI    23  21  5  1013 181   63.31  3  5  0  90.35

Table (B) Sachin's match-by-match record in World Cup

 Mt  In HO  Fielder      Bowler       BP Run Bls  4/6  Vs  Ground     Date

  1   1 C   AJ Stewart   IT Botham     4  35  44  5/ 0 Eng Perth      22 Feb 1992
  2   1                                4   0   0  0/ 0 SL  Mackay     28 Feb 1992
  3   2 C   SR Waugh     TM Moody      4  11  19  1/ 0 Aus Brisbane   01 Mar 1992
  4   3 NO                             5  54  62  3/ 0 Pak Sydney     04 Mar 1992
  5   4 C   ADR Campbel  MG Burmester  4  81  77  8/ 1 Zim Hamilton   07 Mar 1992
  6   5 C   D Williams   CEL Ambrose   4   4  11  0/ 0 WI  Wellington 10 Mar 1992
  7   6 C   IDS Smith    CZ Harris     4  84 107  6/ 0 NZ  Dunedin    12 Mar 1992
  8   7 C   KC Wessels   AP Kuiper     4  14  14  1/ 0 SA  Adelaide   15 Mar 1992
  9   8 NO                             2 127 136 15/ 1 Ken Cuttack    18 Feb 1996
 10   9 RO                             2  70  91  8/ 0 WI  Gwalior    21 Feb 1996
 11  10 ST  IA Healy     ME Waugh      2  90  88 14/ 1 Aus Bombay (1) 27 Feb 1996
 12  11 RO                             2 137 137  8/ 5 SL  Delhi (1)  02 Mar 1996
 13  12 B                HH Streak     1   3  12  0/ 0 Zim Kanpur     06 Mar 1996
 14  13 B                Ata-ur-Rehman 2  31  59  3/ 0 Pak Bangalore  09 Mar 1996
 15  14 ST  RS Kaluwith  ST Jayasuriya 1  65  88  9/ 0 SL  Calcutta   13 Mar 1996
 16  15 C   MV Boucher   L Klusener    2  28  46  5/ 0 SA  Hove       15 May 1999
 17  16 NO                             4 140 101 16/ 3 Ken Bristol    23 May 1999
 18  17 B                ST Jayasuriya 4   2   3  0/ 0 SL  Taunton    26 May 1999
 19  18 C   GA Hick      MA Ealham     4  22  40  2 /0 Eng Birmingham 29 May 1999
 20  19 C   AC Gilchrist GD McGrath    2   0   4  0/ 0 Aus The Oval   04 Jun 1999
 21  20 C   Saqlain Mush Azhar Mahmood 1  45  65  5/ 0 Pak Manchester 08 Jun 1999

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)