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What is the highest average Sachin Tendulkar ever sported during his Test career? (27 April 2001)
After 82 Tests Sachin Tendulkar's average presently lies at 56.94, the
highest among all current players. It is not however the highest average he
ever sported during his career. That figure is 57.51 immediately after the
first Test against Australia in Mumbai last month when he made 76 and 65.
Indeed Tendulkar took a fair while to get his Test average above 50. It was
only after his 29th Test against Sri Lanka at Lucknow in 1993/94 that his
average crossed a half century for the first time. His average has dipped
into the late forties a few times since then, but after his 53rd Test
against West Indies at Georgetown in 1996/97, it has remained permanently
above 50.
Tendulkar's steady rise up the ladder is unlike the meteoric ascent - and
equally swift descent - of Sunil Gavaskar's average which rocketed into
three figures (132) after his debut Test at Port-of-Spain in 1970/71 and
advanced to a high of 156 after his second Test. After his seventh Test
match, against England at the Oval in 1971, his average dropped below 100
for the first time and continued to fall steadily. It came down to a low of
47.74 after his 31st Test against England at Bangalore in 1976/77 and
finally settled at 51.12 when he retired from the game.
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