NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar completed
30,000 runs in international career and he slammed his 43rd century during the
India-Sri Lanka first Test.

Sachin slammed 43rd century in his fight
to save the first Test against Sri Lanka in the final day.

After
completing 17,000 runs in the 50-over format of the game, the batting maestro
achieved another milestone by completing 30,000 runs in his international career
during the first Test.

Master Blaster Sachin became the first batsman
to complete 30,000 international runs when he scored his 35th run in the second
innings against Sri Lanka.

He has so far played 160 Tests, 436 ODIs
and a lone Twenty20 scoring 88 international hundreds and 144 fifties in all.

Tendulkar touched the magical 17,000-run mark in One-Day
International cricket earlier in this month. Sanath Jayasuriya is second on the
list with 13,377 runs followed by Aussie captain Ricky Ponting who has a lot of
catching up to do.

Sachin has scored 17178 runs in One-dayers thus
far. The Indian batting legend has 45 One-day hundreds and 91 ODI fifties under
his belt. The veteran batsman has scored 43 hundreds and 53 half centuries in
the Test format of the game.

The diminutive Mumbaikar, who made his
ODI debut Pakistan in 1989, is already way ahead of his contemporaries when it
comes to accumulating runs.