Bangalore: Born on April 24, 1973, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar has become a cricketing icon at the age of 29. Tendulkar, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket, had a stint with English county Yorkshire in 1992 when he was hardly 19 years old.

Among the most feared batsmen in the world of cricket today, Sachin has got a host of national and international awards under his belt. He was named as the Indian Cricketer of the year in 1991 and Wisden’s top five cricketers in 1997.

As the youngest Indian to score a Test century, Sachin holds an impeccable record that would be an envy of many a batsmen in the world.

Given below is Sachin’s statistical highlights in Test cricket as he completes 29 years of age. Perhaps, he is 29 years too old having graced the international Test crease when he was barely 16.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar in Tests - All stats as on 08-04-2002
	Tests	Ings	N.O	Runs	H.S.	Ave.	C	F	Z	Ct	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Av	B/B
Australia	15	28	2	1406	177	54.08	6	5	2	8	638	16	338	8	42.25	3/31
England	12	18	2	1282	177	80.13	5	6	-	13	180	6	88	1	88.00	1/27
New Zealand	12	19	5	891	217	63.64	3	3	1	7	180	6	98	4	24.50	2/07
Pakistan	7	12	-	395	136	37.92	3	3	1	10	120	2	88	4	22.00	2/35
South Africa	14	26	1	948	169	37.92	1	2	2	1	256	7	138	5	27.60	3/10
Sri Lanka	13	16	2	1124	148	80.29	6	3	-	8	96	4	29	0	-	-
West Indies	8	12	1	691	179	62.82	1	5	-	10	36	0	28	0	-	-
Zimbabwe	9	14	2	918	201*	76.5	3	3	1	5	372	15	172	2	86.00	1/19
Bangladesh	1	1	-	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	60	2	34	1	34.00	1/34
	91	146	15	7673	217	58.57	28	30	7	62	1938	58	1013	25	40.32	3/10

Range of Scores	0-09	10-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-89	90	100	150	200
Australia	7	7	-	1	2	5	-	4	2	-
England	1	1	4	1	-	5	1	3	2	-
New Zealand	5	4	1	-	3	3	-	2	-	1
Pakistan	5	1	1	1	1	2	-	1	-	-
South Africa	10	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	-
Sri Lanka	2	3	2	-	-	2	1	6	-	-
West Indies	2	2	-	1	1	4	1	-	1	-
Zimbabwe	2	-	1	4	1	3	-	1	1	1
Bangladesh	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	34	23	12	10	9	26	4	18	8	2

Bat Position	Ings	N.O.	Runs	Av.	H.S	C	F	Z
Opening	1	0	15	15.00	15	-	-	-
3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	107	13	5850	62.23	217	23	21	4
5	16	-	988	61.75	169	3	5	2
6	18	2	703	43.94	148*	2	4	1
7	4	-	117	29.25	41	-	-	-
	146	15	7673	58.57	217	28	30	7

Venue wise Record - Batting
	Tests	Ings	N.O.	Runs	HS	Ave.	C	F	Z	Ct
Australia
Adelaide	2	4	-	84	61	21.00	-	1	1	1
Brisbane	1	2	-	23	16	11.50	-	-	-	-
Melbourne	2	4	-	223	116	55.75	1	1	-	2
Perth	1	2	-	119	114	59.50	1	-	-	1
Sydney	2	3	1	197	148*	98.50	1	-	-	1
Total	8	15	1	646	148*	46.14	3	2	1	5
Bangladesh
Dhaka	1	1	-	18	18	18.00	-	-	-	-
England
Birmingham	1	2	-	146	122	73.80	1	-	-	-
Lords	2	3	-	68	31	22.67	-	-	-	3
Manchester	1	2	1	187	119*	187.00	1	1	-	2
Nottingham	1	2	-	251	177	125.50	1	1	-	-
The Oval	1	1	-	21	21	21.00	-	-	-	-
Total	6	10	1	673	177	74.77	3	2	-	5
New Zealand
Auckland	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	-	-	-	1
Christchurch	1	2	-	24	24	12.00	-	-	1	-
Hamilton	2	3	1	121	67	60.50	-	1	-	-
Napier	1	1	-	88	88	88.00	-	1	-	-
Wellington	1	2	-	160	113	80.00	1	-	-	1
Total	6	9	1	398	113	49.75	1	2	1	2
Pakistan
Faisalabad	1	2	-	67	59	33.30	-	1	-	1
Karachi	1	1	-	15	15	15.00	-	-	-	-
Lahore	1	1	-	41	41	41.00	-	-	-	-
Sialkot	1	2	-	92	57	46.00	-	1	-	-
Total	4	6	-	215	59	35.83	-	2	-	1
South Africa
Bloemfontein	1	2	-	170	155	85.00	1	-	-	-
Cape Town	2	3	-	251	169	83.67	1	1	-	2
Durban	2	3	-	30	15	10.00	-	-	-	4
Johannesburg	2	4	-	156	111	39.00	1	-	-	1
Port Elizabeth	2	4	1	29	22*	9.67	-	-	1	-
Total	9	16	1	636	169	42.40	3	1	1	7
Sri Lanka
Colombo	5	8	2	670	143	111.66	4	2	-	4
Kandy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	6	8	2	670	143	111.66	4	2	-	4
West Indies
Bridgetown	1	2	-	96	92	48.00	-	1	-	3
Georgetown	1	1	-	83	83	83.00	-	1	-	-
Kingston	1	2	1	22	15*	22.00	-	-	-	1
Port of Spain	1	1	-	88	88	88.00	-	1	-	-
St Johns	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	5	6	1	289	92	57.80	-	3	-	5
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo	1	2	1	110	74	110.00	-	1	-	-
Harare	3	5	-	130	69	26.00	-	1	1	-
Total	4	7	1	240	74	40.00	-	2	1	-
India
Ahmedabad	4	7	-	416	217	59.43	2	-	-	3
Bangalore	5	8	1	439	177	62.71	1	2	-	9
Bombay	5	9	-	604	148	67.11	1	5	-	6
Calcutta	5	9	1	187	79	23.38	-	2	1	1
Chandigarh	1	1	-	11	11	11.00	-	-	-	-
Cuttack	1	1	-	2	2	2.00	-	-	-	-
Delhi	5	9	-	346	122	38.44	1	1	1	2
Kanpur	2	4	1	156	61	52.00	-	1	-	3
Lucknow	1	1	-	142	142	142.00	1	-	-	-
Madras	5	8	2	655	165	109.17	4	1	1	3
Mohali	4	6	1	305	126*	61.00	1	1	-	1
Nagpur	4	5	1	625	201	156.25	3	1	-	5
Total	42	68	7	3888	217	63.74	14	14	3	33

Dismissals by bowlers (3 or more times)
GD McGrath	Aus	5
AA Donald	SA	5
WJ Cronje	SA	5
CC Lewis	Eng	4
SK Warne	Aus	3
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	3
KR Pushpakumara	SL	3
RW Price	Zim	3
DJ Nash	NZ	3
DK Morrison	NZ	3
BM McMillan	SA	3
JN Gillespie	Aus	3
IR Bishop	WI	3

Series wise performance
vs	Year	H/A	Tests	Ins	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	C	F	Z	Ct	O	M	R	W	Ave.	B/B
Pakistan	1989/90	A	4	6	-	215	59	35.83	-	2	-	1	5.0	0	25	0	-	-
New Zealand	1989/90	A	3	4	-	117	88	29.25	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
England	1990	A	3	5	1	245	119*	61.25	1	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	1990/91	H	1	1	-	11	11	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Australia	1991/92	A	5	9	1	368	148*	46.00	2	-	-	5	36.0	10	94	3	31.33	2/10
Zimbabwe	199293	A	1	1	-	0	0	0.00	-	-	1	-	4.0	3	8	0	-	-
South Africa	1992/93	A	4	6	-	202	111	33.66	1	1	1	4	7.0	2	14	1	14	1/09
England	1992/93	H	3	4	1	302	165	100.66	1	2	-	4	4.0	2	9	0	-	-
Zimbabwe	1992/93	H	1	1	-	62	62	62.00	-	1	-	-	5.0	1	11	0	-	-
Sri Lanka	1993/94	A	3	3	1	203	104*	101.50	1	1	-	3	3.0	0	4	0	-	-
Sri Lanka	1993/94	H	3	3	-	244	142	81.33	1	1	-	2	4.0	1	7	0	-	-
New Zealand	1993/94	A	1	2	1	54	43	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Indies	1994/95	H	3	6	-	402	179	67.00	1	2	-	5	4.0	0	19	0	-	-
New Zealand	1995/96	H	3	4	2	58	52*	29.00	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
England	1996	A	3	5	-	428	177	85.60	2	1	-	2	9.0	1	29	0	-	-
Australia	1996/97	H	1	2	-	10	10	5.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	1996/97	H	3	6	-	166	61	27.66	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
South Africa	1996/97	A	3	6	-	241	169	40.16	1	-	-	3	4.4	-	18	0	-	-
West Indies	1996/97	A	5	6	1	289	92	57.80	-	3	-	5	2.0	0	9	0	-	-
Sri Lanka	1997/98	A	2	3	-	290	143	96.66	2	-	-	1	2.0	1	2	0	-	-
Sri Lanka	1997/98	H	3	4	-	199	148	49.75	1	-	-	2	2.0	2	0	0	-	-
Australia	1997/98	H	3	5	1	446	177	111.50	2	1	-	2	13.2	1	47	1	47	1/41
Zimbabwe	1998/99	A	1	2	-	41	34	20.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	1998/99	A	2	3	-	227	113	75.66	1	1	-	1	19.0	2	68	4	17	2/07
Pakistan	1998/99	H	3	6	-	180	136	30.00	1	-	2	-	15.0	2	63	4	15.75	2/35
Pakistan	1998/99	A	1	2	1	177	124*	177.00	1	1	-	-	5.0	0	16	0	-	-
New Zealand	1999/00	H	3	6	2	435	217	108.75	2	-	-	2	11.0	4	30	0	-	-
Australia	1999/00	A	3	6	-	278	116	46.33	1	2	-	-	9.0	0	46	1	46	1/34
South Africa	1999/00	H	2	4	-	146	97	36.50	-	1	-	2	16.0	3	47	3	15.66	3/10
Bangladesh	2000/01	A	1	1	-	18	18	18.00	-	-	-	-	10.0	2	34	1	34	1/34
Zimbabwe	2000/01	H	2	3	1	362	201*	181.00	2	-	-	3	35.0	9	87	1	87	1/51
Australia	2000/01	H	3	6	-	304	126	50.66	1	2	-	1	48.0	5	151	3	50.33	3/31
Zimbabwe	2001/02	A	2	4	1	199	74	66.33	-	2	-	-	11.0	0	49	1	49	1/19
South Africa	2001/02	A	2	4	1	193	155	64.33	1	-	-	-	15.0	0	59	1	59	1/22
England	2001/02	H	3	4	-	307	103	76.75	1	2	-	4	17.0	3	50	1	50	1/27
Zimbabwe	2001/02	H	2	3	-	254	176	84.66	1	-	-	2	7.0	2	17	0	-	-
			91	146	15	7673	217	58.57	28	30	7	62	323.0	56	1013	25	40.52	3/10

Performance in Home	42	68	7	3888	217	63.74	14	14	3	33
Performance in Abroad	49	78	8	3785	177	54.07	14	16	4	29
Performance in 1st ings	89	3	5578	217	64.86	20	23	4	36
Performance in 2nd ings	57	12	2095	155*	46.56	8	7	3	26
Winning Side	26	41	6	2156	176	61.60	7	9	1	19
Losing Side	26	52	-	2174	177	41.81	8	7	5	16
As captain
Batting	25	43	3	2054	217	51.35	7	7	2	16
Bowling	25	280 (balls)	12	152	4	38.00	B/B	3/10
Record	25	Won-4	Lost-9	Drn-12

Category of dismissals
	Bd	Ct	Ct fldr	Ct wk	c&b	lbw	r.o.	st.	n.o.	Total	Ings
131 ings	20	89	68	17	4	17	4	1	15	146