Sachin Tendulkar ODI record against South Africa
1991-11-10 – 2011-03-12 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 57 ODI matches against South Africa with recorded batting or bowling figures: 57 batting innings and 37 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 57 | 2,001 | 56 | 35.73 | 76.31 |
| Bowling | 37 | 1,030 | 17 | 60.58 | 72.35 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 5.02 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 1,230.
Batting milestones in this sample: 5 centuries and 8 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,622.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
ODI
- 199167 runs
- 1992158 runs
- 199318 runs
- 199537 runs
- 1996360 runs
- 199792 runs
- 199928 runs
- 2000357 runs
- 2001193 runs
- 200216 runs
- 200536 runs
- 200693 runs
- 2007200 runs
- 2010204 runs
- 2011142 runs
- 19911 wickets
- 19921 wickets
- 19930 wickets
- 19950 wickets
- 19960 wickets
- 19971 wickets
- 19990 wickets
- 20008 wickets
- 20012 wickets
- 20020 wickets
- 20051 wickets
- 20061 wickets
- 20072 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 15 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 142 | 111 | 47.33 | 91.02 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 156 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | 204 | 200 | 204.00 | 134.21 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 152 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 200 | 99 | 66.66 | 77.82 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 257 | 2 | 2 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 6.00 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 93 | 55 | 23.25 | 58.12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 160 | 3 | 1 | 92.00 | 4.60 | 120.00 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 30 | 9.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 43.00 | 5.37 | 48.00 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 16.00 | 55.17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 2001 | 4 | 4 | 193 | 101 | 48.25 | 73.38 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 263 | 3 | 2 | 49.50 | 5.50 | 54.00 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 357 | 122 | 44.62 | 81.69 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 437 | 8 | 8 | 35.00 | 4.66 | 45.00 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28 | 28.00 | 60.86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 5.50 | N/A |
| 1997 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 45 | 18.40 | 90.19 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 36.00 | 6.00 | 36.00 |
| 1996 | 8 | 8 | 360 | 114 | 45.00 | 77.41 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 465 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 6.41 | N/A |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 37 | 37.00 | 72.54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 4.30 | N/A |
| 1993 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9.00 | 32.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 3.00 | N/A |
| 1992 | 8 | 8 | 158 | 32 | 19.75 | 57.66 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 274 | 6 | 1 | 110.00 | 3.66 | 180.00 |
| 1991 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 62 | 22.33 | 79.76 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 96.00 | 5.33 | 108.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 22 | 22 | 994 | 47.33 | 86.66 | 13 | 8 | 52.25 |
| Away | 22 | 22 | 553 | 25.13 | 65.83 | 13 | 5 | 63.40 |
| Neutral | 13 | 13 | 454 | 34.92 | 71.49 | 11 | 4 | 73.75 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Eden Gardens
- First century in this archive · 114 runs
ODI v South Africa · Wankhede Stadium
- Best recorded bowling · 4/56
ODI v South Africa · Faridabad
- Highest recorded innings · 200* runs
ODI v South Africa · Captain Roop Singh Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
ODI v South Africa · Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03-12 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | 1 | 111 | 101 | - | - |
| 2011-01-15 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 24 | 44 | - | - |
| 2011-01-12 | Kingsmead | 2 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 2010-02-24 | Captain Roop Singh Stadium | 1 | 200 | 147 | - | - |
| 2010-02-21 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 1 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 2007-07-01 | Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont | 2 | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 2007-07-01 | Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont | 1 | - | - | 2 | 10 |
| 2007-06-29 | Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont | 2 | 93 | 106 | - | - |
| 2007-06-29 | Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont | 1 | - | - | 0 | 10 |
| 2007-06-26 | Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont | 1 | 99 | 143 | - | - |
| 2006-12-03 | SuperSport Park | 1 | 55 | 97 | - | - |
| 2006-11-29 | St George's Park | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 2006-11-29 | St George's Park | 1 | - | - | 1 | 46 |
| 2006-11-26 | Newlands | 2 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
| 2006-11-26 | Newlands | 1 | - | - | 0 | 13 |
| 2006-11-22 | Kingsmead | 2 | 35 | 51 | - | - |
| 2006-11-22 | Kingsmead | 1 | - | - | 0 | 33 |
| 2005-11-28 | Wankhede Stadium | 2 | 30 | 44 | - | - |
| 2005-11-25 | Eden Gardens | 1 | 2 | 15 | - | - |
| 2005-11-19 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 2 | 2 | 22 | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.