Sachin Tendulkar plays a shot
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October 17, 2008 - Tendulkar becomes the leading Test run-scorer

Sachin Tendulkar, 16, is selected for India's tour of Pakistan. He scores only 15 in his first Test in Karachi. However, the teenage prodigy comes to the fore in the final Test in Faisalabad. Tendulkar is hit on the nose by a Waqar Younis delivery, but with his team under threat, he extends his 15 to 57 as India draw the match