During his innings of 79 against Australia in the fourth one-day international in Chandigarh on Monday, Tendulkar got a few important records on his name.
Tendulkar became the highest run-scorer against Australia in one-day internationals when his score reached 23. He surpassed Desmond Haynes' tally of 2,262 runs. Interestingly, Tendulkar needed 13 matches lesser than Haynes to obliterate his record.
Highest run-aggregates against Australia
| Runs | Batsman | Mts | Avg | 100s | 50s |
| 2321 | Sachin Tendulkar | 51 | 45.51 | 7 | 12 |
| 2262 | Desmond Haynes | 64 | 40.39 | 6 | 13 |
| 2187 | Viv Richards | 54 | 50.86 | 3 | 20 |
| 1858 | Brian Lara | 51 | 39.53 | 3 | 15 |
| 1610 | Jonty Rhodes | 55 | 40.25 | 0 | 10 |
Tendulkar's half-century was 84th of his career, which puts him ahead of Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq. Tendulkar has now scored more fifties than any other batsman in ODI history. He already holds the record of scoring most number of centuries.
Most fifties in ODIs (excluding centuries):
| 50s | Batsman | Mts | Inns |
| 84 | Sachin Tendulkar | 399 | 389 |
| 83 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 378 | 350 |
| 81 | Rahul Dravid | 331 | 306 |
| 71 | Sourav Ganguly | 304 | 293 |
| 64 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 401 | 390 |
| 64 | Aravinda de Silva | 308 | 296 |
When his score reached 53, Tendulkar completed his 1,000 runs in ODIs in the calendar year 2007. He is the second Indian after Sourav Ganguly (1,065 runs) and seventh batsman overall to accomplish this feat this year.
Tendulkar has now aggregated 1,000 runs in a calendar year on seven occasions - in 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007, which is also another world record. Tendulkar was earlier at level with fellow teammate Ganguly.
Most times 1000 runs in a calendar year
7 Sachin Tendulkar
6 Sourav Ganguly
5 Ricky Ponting
4 Sanath Jayasuriya
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