Idea Cup Test Series : Tendulkar set to break Brian Lara Record
July 21, 2008
Sachin Tendulkar’s bid to become the world’s leading scorer will dominate the three-Test series against Sri Lanka starting on Wednesday.
Tendulkar is just 172 runs away from surpassing the 11,953 clocked up by retired West Indies captain Brian Lara — a task within the reach of the Indian batsman who likes Sri Lankan pitches.
The star averages 111.66 from six Tests in Sri Lanka with four centuries. His last Test in the country was in 1999 when he cracked a half-century and a hundred in the Asian Test championships.
The 35-year-old already holds three major batting records — the highest number of centuries in Tests (39), and the most runs (16,361) and hundreds (42) in one-day internationals.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting (10,099 runs) and India’s Rahul Dravid (10,098) are the only active members of the elite 10,000 club.
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