Not only 100 centuries, this record of Sachin Tendulkar is also impossible to break…it’s intact for 26 years

New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar is not called the ‘God of Cricket’ for nothing. The name of the Master Blaster, who has mastered ODIs and Tests, often appears at the top of the record books. Even though Virat Kohli is ahead of Sachin in terms of centuries in ODI cricket, Sachin still has a record in his name that has been intact for 26 years. For two decades, no player in the world has come even close to this record.

The youth must have heard a lot of stories about Virat’s peak in modern-day cricket. But there was a year, in 1998, when teams from all over the world were afraid of Sachin’s performance. Sachin created a massive blow of runs throughout the year. During this time, he played 34 ODI matches, in which he scored 9 centuries and 7 fifties. There were hardly any innings when Sachin’s bat did not show fire for runs. In the same year, Sachin set the record of most runs in a year in ODI International. In 1998, 1894 runs came out of his bat at an average of 65.31.

Indian legends Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly scored a lot of runs in 1999. Despite trying their best, both the legends remained far away from the record of the Master Blaster. Ganguly played 41 matches more than Sachin in 1999, in which he scored 1767 runs with the help of 4 centuries and 10 fifties and occupied the second position. In the third position is Rahul Dravid, who scored 1761 runs with the help of 6 centuries and 8 fifties in 43 matches in the same year.

Shubman Gill is the closest among the current players:

Although Sachin’s record list is compared to Virat Kohli’s. But among the current players, Shubman Gill is seen as closest to Sachin’s record. In the year 2023, the Prince of Team India played 29 ODIs, in which Gill scored 1584 runs by batting at an average of 63.36. During this, a fiery innings of 208 runs was also seen from the bat of the young player. 5 centuries and 9 fifties were seen from Gill’s bat.