Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of another record (30 October 1998)

30 October 1998

Sachin Tendulkar on the verge of another record

by Atul Kahate

When he scores the first run in his next innings (hopefully against West Indies in the Wills Cup semi-final on Saturday!), Sachin Tendulkar will reach another landmark - he will break his own world record of scoring most runs in a calendar year in Limited Overs International matches. So far, Sachin has scored 1611 runs in 27 innings at an astonishing average of 64.44 at more than run a ball in 1998. He had made exactly the same number of runs two years back.

In fact, Sachin has now crossed the mark of 1000 runs in three successive calendar years, which is another world record. Sachin first made over 1000 runs in a calendar year in 1994 and then did so again in 1996 and 1997 prior to the current year; 1995 did not give him enough scope: he played only 12 innings.

Table (A) shows the list of players scoring the most number of runs in a calendar year; Table (B) shows Sachin's performance in each calendar year.

Batsman Year Mts Inns NO Runs HS Avg 100 50 0 S/R SR Tendulkar (Ind) 1998 28 27 2 1611 142 64.44 7 7 0 101.26 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 1996 32 32 2 1611 137 53.70 6 9 0 82.36 Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1996 36 36 5 1595 115 51.45 3 10 0 91.63 G Kirsten (RSA) 1996 29 29 4 1442 188* 57.68 6 4 1 83.50 SC Ganguly (Ind) 1997 38 35 3 1338 113 41.81 1 10 3 69.72 BC Lara (WI) 1993 29 29 3 1289 153 49.58 4 6 1 73.03 Ijaz Ahmed snr (Pak) 1996 38 36 5 1281 117 41.32 1 9 2 78.39 DL Haynes (WI) 1985 28 27 5 1232 145* 56.00 3 7 1 73.82 IVA Richards (WI) 1985 29 25 5 1231 103* 61.55 1 12 0 94.43 PA de Silva (SL) 1997 28 27 4 1212 134 52.70 3 8 1 86.39

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

1989 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0.00 1990 11 10 0 239 53 23.90 0 1 1 98.76 1991 14 14 2 417 62 34.75 0 4 1 74.46 1992 22 21 2 709 84 37.32 0 6 0 69.37 1993 17 16 4 314 82* 26.17 0 1 0 73.02 1994 25 25 2 1089 115 47.35 3 9 3 88.87 1995 12 12 1 444 112* 40.36 1 1 0 101.37 1996 32 32 2 1611 137 53.70 6 9 0 82.36 1997 39 36 3 1011 117 30.64 2 5 2 84.96 1998 28 27 2 1611 142 64.44 7 7 0 101.26

TOTAL 201 194 18 7445 142 42.30 19 43 8 86.00

Note: India's SC Ganguly (1148) and M Azharuddin (1119) are likely to be added to Table (A) before the end of the year.