Tendulkar is the first and only player in Test cricket history to score fifty-century and the first to score a fifty-century in all international cricket together, he has now 97 centuries in international cricket. 17. October 2008 he surpassed Brian Lara's record for most runs in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12000, 13000 and 14000 runs in this kind of game that also has become the third batsman and first Indian to cross 11,000 runs in Test cricket . He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day Internationals, and also the first player to cross each successive 1000-run mark, which was exceeded in ODI cricket history and 200 runs in a one-day international match.
