A look at Sachin Tendulkar's glorious performances at ICC events

After hitting runs all over the ground throughout a twodecade glorious career filled up with many centuries and fifties legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar widely regarded as the greatest batter after Sir Don Bradman turned 51 on WednesdayTendulkar known as Master Blaster for his ability to blast his way through any bowling attack and his very mastery over every skill technique and shot in the book this righthanded batter entertained and mesmerised the entire world with his batting from 19892013The Maharashtraborn player made his Test debut on November 15 1989 at the age of 16 In the same year on December 18 he played his first ODI matchWith 34357 runs in 664 international appearances at an average of 4852 Sachin is the highest runscorer in international cricket He has scored 100 centuries and 164 halfcenturies most in international cricket He is the only player to have a century of centuriesApart from Test cricket Sachin has created numerous records in the ODI format as wellWith 18426 runs in ODIs at an average of 4483 49 centuries and 96 halfcenturies and 15921 runs in Tests at an average of 5378 with 51 centuries and 68 fifties Sachin has the highest runs in both formats as well The Master Blaster is also the firstever cricketer to have hit a double hundred in ODIs and to have played a total of 200 Test matchesTendulkar is part of the Indian Team which won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 After his World Cup debut in 1992 his dream to win the prestigious trophy came true in 2011 after India defeated Sri Lanka in the final by six wicketsAlso Read India great Sachin Tendulkar recalls his low scores in his early daysThough Tendulkar failed to win an ICC Champions Trophy with India he was a part of a total of five CT campaigns with Team India Tendulkar has a solid record in the Champions Trophy as well though not as good as his World Cup recordsLet us have a look at performances in ICC events one tournament at a time starting with World Cups1992 World CupThis tournament marked Tendulkars World Cup debut and he did not disappoint He ended up as Indias secondhighest runscorer in the tournament next to Mohammed Azharuddin 332 runs In eight matches and seven innings Tendulkar scored 283 runs at an average of 4716 He scored three halfcenturies and had a best score of 84 Despite his solid performances India could not make it to the semis1996 World CupTendulkar was Indias standout performer in this tournament and he carried India to the semifinals with his batting He was the toprun scorer in the tournament scoring 523 runs in seven matches seven innings at an average of 8716 with two centuries and three fifties He had the best individual score of 137The righthander played some useful knocks in the knockout stages with 31 runs coming against archrivals Pakistan in the quarterfinal and 65 runs coming against Sri Lanka in the semifinal Despite his contributions India finished their campaign in the semifinal after a loss to Sri Lanka after chaos broke out at Eden Gardens Kolkata after India sunk to 1208 during a runchase of 252 despite being 982 at one point1999 World CupIndia failed to progress to the semifinal despite good performances from Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly and Sachin In seven matches he scored 253 runs at an average of 4216 with a century He scored 140 against Kenya after missing a match against Zimbabwe due to his fathers demise Due to Tendulkars personal circumstances and Indias initial struggles in the tournament it is regarded as one of his best knocks2003 World CupIndia had a campaign to remember despite their defeat to Australia in the final by 125 runs Tendulkar was in explosive form throughout tearing apart bowling attacks for fun He was the top runscorer in the tournament with 673 runs in 11 matches at an average of 6118 He scored one century and six fifties in the tournament with the best score of 152Tendulkar guided India to finals with an 83 against Kenya in the semifinal But the final proved to be disappointing for India as he could score only four runs in a runchase of 360 against the Aussies His wicket triggered a collapse that Virender Sehwag and Saurav Ganguly tried to delay for a while but it came nonetheless sending millions of fans into heartbreak2011 World CupAfter a setback that was 2007 the Tendulkar of the old days was visible in 2011 WC He ended as the tournaments secondhighest runscorer scoring 482 runs at an average of 5355 with two centuries and two fifties in nine matches His best individual score was a knock of 120 against EnglandHe delivered some crucial knocks in the knockout stages starting with 53 against Australia in the quarterfinals and following it with a majestic 85 against Pakistan in the semifinals However he failed to score in the final walking back to the pavilion after scoring 18 runsOverall Tendulkar is the highest rungetter in Cricket World Cup history In 44 innings across 45 matches he has scored 2278 runs at an average of 5695 with six centuries and 15 fifties His best score in the tournament is 152Sachin had a great record in the knockout matches In seven knockout stage matches in World Cups he scored 339 runs at an average of 4842 He scored four halfcenturies in knockout matches for India with the best score of 85 However he was not able to hit it big in the two finals he playedWith agency inputs