Final international career statistics as of 16 November 2013, the end of his last Test (source: ESPNcricinfo, via Wikipedia).
Sachin Tendulkar International Career Journey
Format
Debut
Last Match / Status
Test
15 November 1989 v Pakistan, Karachi
Retired after his 200th Test, v West Indies in Mumbai, November 2013
ODI
18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 18 March 2012 v Pakistan; retirement from ODIs announced 23 December 2012
T20I
1 December 2006 v South Africa, Johannesburg
Only T20I played
Tendulkar made his Test debut at the age of 16 and played international cricket for 24 years. He captained India in Tests and ODIs during two spells in the late 1990s. He played domestic cricket for Mumbai, had a season with Yorkshire in 1992, and played for Mumbai Indians in the IPL from 2008 until 2013, winning the Orange Cap in 2010 and the title in his final season.
Sachin Tendulkar World Cup Record
Tournament
Result
Tendulkar’s Contribution
ODI World Cup 2003
Runner-up
Player of the Tournament (673 runs)
ODI World Cup 2011
Winner
India’s leading run-scorer in the tournament (482 runs)
He played in six ODI World Cups between 1992 and 2011 and is the leading run-scorer in the tournament’s history.
Sachin Tendulkar Records and Milestones
Most runs in Test cricket (15,921) and in ODI cricket (18,426)
Most Test matches played (200) and most Test centuries (51)
Only player to score 100 international centuries; the 100th came against Bangladesh in Dhaka in March 2012
First batter to score a double century in an ODI (200* v South Africa, Gwalior, February 2010)
First player to reach 15,000 Test runs (2011)
Most runs in ODI World Cup history
Most Player of the Match awards in ODIs (62)
Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Honours
Year
Award
1994
Arjuna Award
1997
Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1997-98
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
1999
Padma Shri
2008
Padma Vibhushan
2010
ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy)
2014
Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award
2019
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
2020
Laureus Sporting Moment of the Year (2000 to 2020)
