Milestone man Tendulkar completes 20 years in intl cricket

New Delhi, Nov 15 (PTI) Sachin Tendulkar Sunday
completed 20 years in international cricket and became the
first Indian and only the 16th in the history of the game to
have a career spanning more than two decades.

Tendulkar, who made his debut as a 16-year-old against
Pakistan way back in November 15, 1989, will reach the
milestone of 20 years and one day in international cricket
when he comes out to play against Sri Lanka in the first
Test of the three-match series in Ahmedabad Monday.
In his Test career spanning 19 years 143 days till
date, Tendulkar has represented India in a record 159 Tests.
He also played a record 436 50-over matches in his 19
years and 325 days one-day career, thus becoming only the
second player after Pakistan's Javed Miandad to have the
longest ODI career.
The Indian batting maestro is also the only active
cricketer to feature in the longest Tests career list and at
36 years of age he is still going strong.
In his two decades long career, Tendulkar had written
many records which catapulted him to the honour of being the
milestone man. MORE PTI SSC
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