Sachin Tendulkar has done in batting what Saqlain Mushtaq has done in bowling: he has broken all kinds of batting records when completing 8000 career runs. he has taken the least number of matches, innings to reach 8000 runs. He is also the youngest to do so and has taken the least period since debut to achieve this landmark.

The following table shows the full details.

Table (A) Record against each opponent

Vs     Mts  Inns NO   Runs   HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

SL     39   37    5   1343  137    41.97   4   7   1   89.52
Aus    22   22    0   1260  143    57.27   5   6   1   89.17
Pak    36   34    4   1125  118    37.50   2   8   3   86.12
NZ     24   23    0    973  117    42.30   2   6   2   95.67
WI     24   24    4    803  105    40.15   1   7   2   73.00
Zim    20   19    4    779  127*   51.93   4   1   0   98.61
SA     28   28    0    760  114    27.14   1   4   1   70.70
Ken     4    4    3    385  140*  385.00   3   0   0  105.48
Eng    14   14    1    384   91    29.53   0   2   0   90.27
Ban     5    4    0    163   54    40.75   0   1   0  104.49
UAE     1    1    0     63   63    63.00   0   1   0   81.82

Home   71   68    8   2791  137    46.52   9  18   2   86.09
Away  146  142   13   5247  143    40.67  13  25   8   87.71

TOTAL 217  210   21   8038  143    42.59  22  43  10   87.13

Table (B) Record in each season

Season     Mts  Inns NO   Runs   HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

1989-90     7    7    0    116   36    16.57   0   0   2   82.27
1990-91     6    5    0    176   53    35.20   0   2   0  101.73
1991-92    26   25    4    885   84    42.14   0   9   1   74.18
1992-93    17   16    2    343   82*   24.50   0   1   0   70.29
1993-94    20   20    3    589   82    34.65   0   5   0   85.36
1994-95    21   21    2    961  115    50.58   4   4   3   88.21
1995-96    22   22    1   1025  137    48.81   4   5   0   85.13
1996-97    31   31    2   1226  117    42.28   4   6   1   83.86
1997-98    46   42    3   1749  143    44.85   5  10   1   95.99
1998-99    21   21    4    968  141    56.94   5   1   2  101.81

Table (C) Record in each country

Place  Mts  Inns  NO   Runs  HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

Ind     71   68    8   2791  137    46.52   9  18   2   86.09
UAE     32   32    5   1528  143    56.59   6   6   1   98.14
SL      23   21    1    809  128    40.45   3   3   1   89.97
NZ      16   16    0    575   84    35.94   0   4   2   97.62
Aus     16   15    2    521   77    40.08   0   5   0   66.12
Ban      7    7    0    407  141    58.14   1   3   0  109.41
Can     12   11    2    313   89*   34.78   0   3   1   67.02
SA      14   14    0    283   45    20.21   0   0   1   66.90
Eng     11   11    1    324  140*   32.40   1   0   1   99.22
Zim      5    5    1    210  127*   52.50   1   0   0   92.11
Sin      2    2    0    128  100    64.00   1   0   0   90.14
WI       4    4    1    119   65*   39.67   0   1   0   85.61
Pak      4    4    0     30   21     7.50   0   0   1   71.43

Table (D) Record at each batting position

Bat Pos    Mts  Inns  NO   Runs  HS    Avg     100 50  0   S/R

 1          29   27    1    795  114    30.57   1   4   0   81.52
 2         102  101    8   4942  143    53.72  20  22   6   94.05
 3           4    4    0     49   21    12.25   0   0   0   49.49
 4          40   38    4   1344  140*   40.66   1  12   1   74.07
 5          37   36    8    797   82*   28.46   0   5   3   81.08
 6           4    3    0     91   36    30.33   0   0   0  112.35
 7           1    1    0     20   20    20.00   0   0   0   80.00

Table (E) Sachin's Milestones

Milestone   Mts  Ins  Age     Period          Milestone reached

 1000        36   34  18/317  2/ 80   Zim Hamilton         07 Mar 1992
 2000        73   70  20/354  4/117   UAE Sharjah          13 Apr 1994
 3000        96   93  21/350  5/113   SL  Sharjah          09 Apr 1995
 4000       115  112  22/358  6/121   SA  Sharjah          17 Apr 1996
 5000       141  138  23/294  7/ 57   SA  Durban           12 Feb 1997
 6000       176  170  24/265  8/ 28   Pak Dhaka            14 Jan 1998
 7000       196  189  25/ 74  8/202   SL  Colombo (3)      07 Jul 1998
 8000       217  210  26/ 44  9/170   Pak Manchester       08 Jun 1999

Table (F) The 8000th run

 		   Team  Mts  Ins  Age     Period     Milestone reached
 						    
 1 SR Tendulkar    Ind   217  210  26/ 44   9/170  Pak Manchester    08 Jun 1999
 2 DL Haynes       WI    220  219  37/ 12  15/  6  Pak Johannesburg  27 Feb 1993
 3 PA de Silva     SL    254  247  33/164  14/365  Ind Pune          30 Mar 1999
 4 M Azharuddin    Ind   278  257  35/ 65  13/ 85  Aus Delhi (1)     14 Apr 1998

Table (G) Players scoring 8000 runs

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

M Azharuddin      Ind  321 295 53  9022 153*  37.28  7 56  9  73.85
DL Haynes         WI   238 237 28  8648 152*  41.38 17 57 13  64.01
PA de Silva       SL   259 252 25  8093 145   35.65 11 56 13  81.41
SR Tendulkar      Ind  217 210 21  8038 143   42.59 22 43 10  87.13

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