Tendulkar becomes leading Test scorer

MOHALI- Sachin Tendulkar of India overtook retired West Indian captain Brian Lara on Friday to become Test cricket’s highest run-getter.

By (AFP)

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Published: Fri 17 Oct 2008, 3:09 PM

Last updated: Sun 5 Apr 2015, 11:06 AM

Tendulkar, 35, crossed Lara’s tally of 11,953 runs from 131 Tests when he crossed 15 on the first day of the second Test against Australia at the Punjab Cricket Association ground here.

Tendulkar, a veteran of 152 Tests, is already the world’s top scorer in one-day internationals (16,361 runs), and has more Test (39) and one-day (42) centuries than any other batsman.


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