Tendulkar surpassed West Indian gun Brian Lara’s tally of 11,953 runs with an edge to third man off the bowling of Peter Siddle to send the home crowd into rapturous applause after a period of Australian dominance in the second session.
Tendulkar, who now averages over 54 from 152 matches, moved to 16 not out and was warmly congratulated by the Australian team as fireworks were set off in the ground to mark the historic occasion.
By popular vote, the greatest batsman in the world today, Sachin Tendulkar has the cricketing world at his feet. The adulation he commands world over is unsurpassed, perhaps since the days of Don Bradman, to whom of course he has been compared, by no less than the great man himself. While he may not end with a Test career average of 99.94, there is little doubt that based on his vigorous style of batsmanship and his insatiable appetite for runs and big scores, he is the most complete batsman since Vivian Richards. In many ways though he has surpassed even that outstanding West Indian batsman.
