8 Rare Facts About Sachin Tendulkar

If cricket is a religion then SACHIN RAMESH TENDULKAR is it's god.  We all know the legend records of Sachin which includes 100 test centuries, 200 test matches but today we will look into some insights of some rare facts about Master Blaster which are unknown to most of his fans. So, here we go

8 Rare Facts About Sachin Tendulkar

1. Sachin Tendulkar has got all the scores from 0 to 100 in his international career except 58 and 75.

2. Sachin Tendulkar was wrongly given out at least 39 times in his career. Note that, it's at least. Believe me, he must have wrongly given out more than this. And you know what the worst is, this stat is never shown in the records and haters say that it's a part of game. Instead of showing anger and disappointment, he used to always give a smile and go to the pavilion.

3. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his entire Ranji Trophy Career and guess who got him ?

4. Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to be adjudged run out by third umpire in 1992. It was Karl Liebenberg who took made the decision.

5. Sachin Tendulkar has bowled more number balls than Shoaib Akhtar in ODI's. Sachin Tendulkar bowled a total of 8,054 balls in ODIs as compared to Akhtar's 7764. Thus, he bowled 290 balls (i.e. 48.2 overs) more than the former pace battery.

6. Sachin Tendulkar has more five-wicket hauls than the legendary leg spinner Shane Warne in ODI's. Sachin has one more 5 wicket haul than Warne.

7. Sachin Tendulkar is the only bowler to defend 6 or fewer runs in the last over twice in ODI's. He first handed the win to India in the semi final against South Africa in 1993. He then repeated the feat against Australia in 1996.

8. Sachin Tendulkar has batted all the days of the year (including 29 Feb) except May 1st.

Well, there are so many unusual stats of Sachin. Here, I listed some of them.

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