On this day: Sachin Tendulkar crosses 30,000 international runs, scores 88th century

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 88th international century against Sri Lanka in 2009 and in the process became the first, and thus far only, player to score more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. He ended his career four years later with 34,357 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar's records are such that even though eight years have passed since he retired from international cricket, batsmen are yet to get anywhere close to them. He remains the highest run scorer in ODI and Test cricket by a fair distance and in international cricket, he remains the only batsman to have scored more than 30,000 runs, even though he crossed that mark on this day 13 years ago in a Test match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad.

The match itself ended up petering out into a draw with seven centuries scored between India and Sri Lanka on an unresponsive Motera track. India batted first and were all out for 426 with Rahul Dravid scoring 177 and captain MS Dhoni scoring 110. In response, Mahela Jayawardene led the way with a masterful 274 off 435 balls as Sri Lanka declared on 760/7.