In Test Matches • Most runs in Tests – only player to cross 15,000 making exactly 15,921 runs. • Most Test hundreds (51). • Only player to represent his country in 200 Tests. • Most century partnerships and most runs by a pair, both with Rahul Dravid. • Hitting the most fours in Tests: 2058. • Making the most runs at a particular batting position (number 4). • Scored most 50+ scores in Tests: 119. • Jointly holds the record for most of scores in the nineties (10) along with Steve Waugh and Rahul Dravid. • Fastest to reach 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 Test runs. In One-Day Internationals • With 18,426 runs, is the top run-getter with the next best player scoring only 13,704.
• Has 49 ODI hundreds, the last one being his 100th in International Cricket (adding to 51 in Tests). • Most half centuries: 96. • Has played the most matches (463) in ODIs as in Tests . • Holds the record for the highest partnership when he combined with Dravid to put on 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand. • Made the most runs in a calendar year in 1998, a record yet to be broken. • Scored the most hundreds against a particular team (Australia): nine. • Dominated almost every World Cup he played in, and made the most runs in the tournament’s history: 2,278. • Won the most man of the match (62) and man of the series (15) awards in his career, unmatched by any other cricketer.
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