On 28th July 2007 Sachin Tendulkar became only third player in the history of test cricket to complete 11000 Test runs. Now only two players are ahead of Sachin tendulkar Allan Border (11174 runs) & Brain Lara (11953 runs). Tendulkar has reached the milestone in 223 innings, which is 36 fewer than the number Border needed, but ten more than Lara's 213.
However, Tendulkar's average of 55.43 is more than Border's (51.00) and Lara's (54.04) immediately after the innings in which they reached the landmark. (If Tendulkar gets out without adding to his 57, his average will be 55.16.). Sachin Tendulkar achieve this milestone during second test match against England at Nottingham when he drove Monty Paneaser bowl to cover for four. M | I | Not Out* | Runs | Avg | 100’s | 50’s | Best | 139 | 223 | 23 | 11066 | 55.33 | 37 | 44 | 248* | List of Sachin Tendulkar Milestone for achieving his each 1000’s runs. Runs | Tests | Inning | Avg | 100s/50s | 1000 | 19 | 28 | 41.46 | 4/4 | 2000 | 32 | 44 | 50.30 | 7/10 | 3000 | 45 | 67 | 50.85 | 10/15 | 4000 | 58 | 86 | 52.47 | 14/18 | 5000 | 67 | 103 | 53.19 | 18/20 | 6000 | 76 | 120 | 55.70 | 22/24 | 7000 | 85 | 136 | 57.98 | 26/28 | 8000 | 96 | 154 | 57.58 | 29/32 | 9000 | 111 | 179 | 56.82 | 32/36 | 10000 | 122 | 195 | 57.70 | 34/40 | 11000 | 139 | 223 | 55.33 | 37/44 | Labels: sachin Tendulkar reach 11000 runs in test cricket |