Record-master Sachin Tendulkar(ODI)

•  Sachin holds the record of being the 1st person to score a double century in One Day International.
•  He has the 3rd highest individual score (after Sehwag and Rohit Sharma) in the history of One Day Cricket.
•  Record holder for highest number of centuries (49).
•  Record holder for highest number of fifties (96).
•  He also holds the most number of 150+ scores (5).
•  Sachin holds the most number of runs (1,894 runs) and centuries (9) in a calendar year (year 1998).
• Most number of centuries against a single opponent (9 ODI centuries against Australia).
•  Most number of boundaries (4s) scored (2,016 times!).
•  Most number of boundaries scored by an individual in an ODI innings (25 boundary hits) in his 200*.
• Sachin is now the most capped player (463 ODIs) in ODI.
• He is the first player to score 10,000 and to reach 18,000 ODI runs.
• Holds most number of Man of the Match (MoM) awards (62).
• Holds most number of Man of the Match awards in ODI World Cup Matches (9).
• Holds most number of Man of the Series (MoS) awards (15).
• World Record of 1,000+ runs in a calendar year on 7 occasions (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007). 
• Highest partnership of 331-run for any wicket with Rahul Dravid (vs. New Zealand in ODIs).
• Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly have scored 26 hundred-plus partnerships in ODIs. Among which 21 century stands were for the opening wicket. Both are World records.
• In ODI cricket Sachin has played on 90 different grounds across the world which is the most number of stadium appearances by any cricketer.
• He is the only batsman who has scored over 2,500 runs against Australia, as well as against Sri Lanka. No one else has even scored that many runs against even a single team.

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Virat kohli no.1

Virat Kohli has become the No. 1 ranked batsman in ODIs after the just concluded India-Australia series, which India won 3-2.

Kohli scored 344 runs in 5 innings, averaging 114.66 with the bat. He also scored the fastest and third-fastest hundred by an Indian batsman. He achieved his career-highest rating of 869 on 30th October, which fell to 857 after he was run-out for a duck in the 7th ODI in Bengaluru.

The Indian batsman has displaced Hashim Amla from the top of the ladder, who with 844 points, is the 2nd ranked batsman in ODIs currently. Amla is missing the currentODI series against Pakistan to attend the birth of his child in South Africa.

George Bailey, who was the 2nd highest scorer with 478 runs in the series, has jumped to No. 3 position, his highest career ranking so far.

MS Dhoni is the only other Indian batsman in top 10 at 6th position in the list.

Shikhar Dhawan also achieved his career-high rating of 688 and has jumped to the No. 11 spot.

Rohit Sharma, who became the third batsman to score a double century in ODIs yesterday, and was the top run-scorer (491) from either side in the series, grabbed the No. 15 place with career-high rating of 655 which he achieved after the 7th ODI.

Here are the latest ICC rankings and ratings:

1. Virat Kohli – 857
2. Hashim Amla – 844
3. George Bailey – 835
4. Kumar Sangakkara – 829
5. AB de Villiers – 826
6. MS Dhoni – 780
7. Jonathan Trott – 754
8. Tillakaratne Dilshan – 746
9. Misbah-ul-Haq – 720
10. Shane Watson – 708

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