5 Incredible Bowling Records That Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar Holds

Sachin Tendulkar, the Master Blaster of the Indian cricket team, is also widely regarded as the ‘God of Cricket’. The veteran gets a lot of respect not only in India but also abroad. Sachin has been a celebrated name in the cricketing world as a batsman.

Tendulkar ended his career with the most runs any batsman has ever scored in international cricket.  He smashed a whopping 100 centuries in Test and ODI cricket. But do you know apart from being an excellent batsman, Sachin has also done well for Team India as a bowler?

Today, we’ll take a look at the five bowling records that the most prolific batsman in world cricket, has to his name.

Sachin Tendulkar: 5 Bowling Records That The Master Blaster Holds

1. Saving 6 Or Less Runs Twice In The 50th Over

Sachin Tendulkar has made all the records to his name in batting. With this, he, as a bowler, has successfully defended 6 runs twice in the 50th over.

The veteran batsman successfully managed to defend 6 or fewer runs in the final over on multiple instances in ODI cricket. Tendulkar is the only player to have protected six or fewer runs in the 50th over of an ODI more than once.

Sachin achieved this feat for the first time during the 1993 Hero Cup semi-final against South Africa. Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin handed the ball to Sachin despite the main pacers having their overs left.

Interestingly, Tendulkar did not bowl in that match till the last over. He spent only three runs to win the final for India by two runs.

A second chance after this came during the 1996 Titan Cup when the Indian team was in a similar situation in the game against Australia. Sachin Tendulkar, who was captaining the team, took the risk of bowling in the last over. On the very first ball of the 50th over, Australia lost their last wicket and lost the match by five runs.

2. The Youngest Indian To Clinch Four Wickets In ODIs

Sachin made his debut in Indian cricket in 1989. But his bowling was seen by everyone in 1990. Team India played a 3-match ODI series. After winning the first match, India took a 1-0 lead on the series. After losing the toss in the second match, the Sri Lankan team began the innings. But Sachin showed his magical bowling here.

Those figures were 9-0-39-2 and Tendulkar became the youngest Indian to claim an ODI wicket. After this, Sachin started achieving great results in bowling too. Sachin gave 34 runs with 4 wickets in his 10-over spell in the ODI against West Indies in Sharjah.

Sachin thus became the youngest Indian to take 4 wickets in ODI cricket as he was only 18 years and 181 days old. Sachin was the second-youngest player to take a 5-wicket hall in ODI cricket till 2001 but is currently ranked 10th in that list.

3. A Couple Of Five-Wicket Hauls At The Same Venue

There is also a record of Sachin taking five wickets twice at the same venue. Sachin first clinched five wickets during the 1998 Pepsi Tri-Series. In the match being played in Kochi, Tendulkar took five wickets while giving 32 runs in his 10-over spell against Australia.

During his spell, Sachin dismissed the likes of Michael Bevan, Daniel Martin, Tom Moody, Darren Lehman and Australian captain Steve Waugh. These 5 wickets were scalped by Tendulkar while defending a target of 310 runs and it played an important role in winning the game. However, in this match, Tendulkar scored only 8 runs as a batsman.

Sachin repeated this feat against arch-rivals Pakistan. In this match, Sachin took 5 wickets for 50 runs in his 10-over spell. These 5 wickets included Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Hafeez, Shahid Afridi, Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq and Abdul Razzak. India won this match by 87 runs.

4. The Youngest And Oldest Bowler

Sachin Tendulkar has ruled international cricket for 24 years. He took wickets in his career debut as the youngest player. Apart from this, when he was on the verge of retiring i.e. at the age of 40, he also took wickets in that phase of his career.

Sachin is the only player in Test history to have achieved this feat of taking wickets in his teens and 40s. Interestingly, Tendulkar took 46 wickets in his Test career playing 200 matches.

Sachin took 4 wickets on a foreign tour before the age of 20. He picked Merv Hughes, Allan Border, Mark Taylor and Andrew Hudson as Sachin’s first four victims in Test cricket.

In this format, Sachin Tendulkar’s last wicket came during his farewell series against West Indies during Kolkata Test. When Sachin was 40 years old. Sachin retired after playing his 200th Test match.

5. Second Highest Wicket-Taker In The Asia Cup As An Indian Bowler

As a spinner, Sachin also holds the record for most wickets in the Asia Cup. Actually, Sachin achieved this feat during the 2004 Asia Cup. At that time, Sachin had claimed 12 wickets in just six matches at an amazing bowling average of 12.91. He took at least one wicket in all five innings where he got a chance to bowl.

During this time, he set the record for taking the most wickets for India as a spinner in a single season of Asia Cup. Among the highest wicket-takers for India in an Asia Cup, he is second after Irfan Pathan (14 wickets).

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