Sachin Tendulkar ODI Wickets: Sachin Tendulkar, famously known as the ‘God of Cricket’, is often discussed because of his runs. Sachin Tendulkar is also remembered for his 100 centuries in international cricket. It has been more than a decade since Sachin retired, but even today many of his records have not been broken. Sachin does wonders not only with the bat, but also with the ball. The proof of this is that he has more wickets in ODIs than bowlers like Jaspreet Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal and Hardik Pandya.
Anil Kumble holds the record for taking the most wickets for India in ODI cricket. Kumble has taken 334 wickets in this format. Apart from him, only Javagal Srinath has crossed the 300-wicket mark in ODIs. Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he has 154 wickets to his name. However, Jasprit Bumrah can soon overtake Sachin. Bumrah has 149 wickets in ODIs.
In ODIs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar has taken 141 wickets for India, Ishant Sharma has taken 115 wickets, Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 121 wickets, Munaf Patel has taken 86 wickets, RP Singh has taken 69 wickets and Ravi Shastri has taken 129 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar is ahead of all these legends. Sachin’s best performance in ODIs is 5 wickets for 32 runs.
It is difficult to break these 3 records of Sachin Tendulkar
1- Sachin Tendulkar has scored 50 or more runs the most number of times in international cricket. Tendulkar crossed the 50 run mark 264 times, which includes 100 centuries and 164 half-centuries.
2- Sachin has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket. He is the highest run-scorer in the history of cricket. It is almost impossible for Sachin’s record to be broken.
3- Sachin Tendulkar also holds the record for playing the most number of international matches. He played 664 matches in his career. Currently, Virat Kohli is the only batsman who has crossed the mark of 500 international matches.