1. The first cricketer to breach the 200-run barrier in ODIs, this feat of Sachin Tendulkar will remain unforgettable, especially because it was made against one of the best teams in the world, South Africa.
2. More than the numbers, more than the records, the impact of Sachin Tendulkar is best seen in the cricketers who've taken up the game after watching him play. There are thousands out there who've been inspired by the legend and started playing cricket - truly a great contribution to the game by Sachin Tendulkar.
3. First cricketer ever to score 100 international centuries (51 Tests, 49 ODIs), this record of Sachin Tendulkar is as untouchable as Sir Don Bradman's 99.94 average.
4. Sachin Tendulkar is the best ODI batsman of all time. His tally of 18426 runs is almost 5000 more than the next best and reflects the huge gap between him and the rest of the cricketers who've played the game.
5. Nearly 3000 cricketers have played Test cricket; just over 1000 have played 10 matches; 55 have played 100; 6 have played 150, and when Sachin Tendulkar walks out on the field on 14th November, he'll be the first player ever to have played 200 Tests.
6. In an era of Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Rahul Dravid and Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar stands at the top of the ladder. He is the first cricketer ever to score more than 15,000 runs and 50 centuries in Test cricket.
7. There are very few things that can act as a uniting factor for so many. Across national, religious and sporting boundaries, Sachin Tendulkar has earned worldwide respect from people belonging to various spheres of life.
8. Having scored most runs (2278) and most hundreds (6), Sachin Tendulkar finally lifted the World Cup trophy after more than 20 years of playing international cricket. It was a dream come true for the Master Blaster.
9. Sachin Tendulkar was a one-man army for more than a decade in international cricket. On 62 occasions, he was awarded the Man of the Match award in ODIs, 14 times more than the next best.
10. Sachin Tendulkar has remained the best or one of the best batsmen in world cricket throughout his 24-year-career. Add to it the pressure of a billion people where anything less than a century is taken as a failure, the fact that he lasted this long at the top is in itself an inhuman achievement.
( Source- www.sportskeeda.com )