Sachin Tendulkar Test record against Australia
1991-11-29 – 2013-03-22 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 39 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 74 batting innings and 31 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 | 74 | 3,630 | 66 | 55.00 | 59.41 |
| Bowling | 31 | 567 | 11 | 51.54 | 89.09 |
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: 3.47 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 980.
Batting milestones in this sample: 11 centuries and 16 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 6,110.
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.
Test
- 199178 runs
- 1992290 runs
- 199610 runs
- 1998446 runs
- 1999229 runs
- 200049 runs
- 2001304 runs
- 200382 runs
- 2004371 runs
- 200777 runs
- 2008812 runs
- 2010403 runs
- 2011105 runs
- 2012182 runs
- 2013192 runs
- 19910 wickets
- 19923 wickets
- 19981 wickets
- 19990 wickets
- 20001 wickets
- 20013 wickets
- 20033 wickets
- 20040 wickets
- 20070 wickets
- 20080 wickets
- 20130 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 7 | 192 | 81 | 32.00 | 55.49 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 346 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.00 | N/A |
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 182 | 80 | 30.33 | 48.66 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 374 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 105 | 73 | 52.50 | 72.91 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 144 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 | 403 | 214 | 134.33 | 58.15 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 693 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 7 | 14 | 812 | 154 | 67.66 | 57.62 | 3 | 3 | 88 | 4 | 1,409 | 5 | 0 | N/A | 3.72 | N/A |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 77 | 62 | 38.50 | 78.57 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 98 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 2.00 | N/A |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 | 371 | 241 | 92.75 | 53.53 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 693 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.85 | N/A |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 | 82 | 44 | 16.40 | 55.40 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 148 | 4 | 3 | 35.00 | 4.77 | 44.00 |
| 2001 | 3 | 6 | 304 | 126 | 50.66 | 59.72 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 509 | 5 | 3 | 50.33 | 3.14 | 96.00 |
| 2000 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 45 | 24.50 | 85.96 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 34.00 | 4.85 | 42.00 |
| 1999 | 2 | 4 | 229 | 116 | 57.25 | 50.77 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 451 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 6.00 | N/A |
| 1998 | 3 | 5 | 446 | 177 | 111.50 | 80.65 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 9 | 553 | 2 | 1 | 47.00 | 3.52 | 80.00 |
| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 5.00 | 55.55 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1992 | 3 | 5 | 290 | 148 | 72.50 | 69.04 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 420 | 4 | 3 | 21.66 | 2.16 | 60.00 |
| 1991 | 2 | 4 | 78 | 40 | 19.50 | 39.59 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 197 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 4.83 | N/A |
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 | 19 | 36 | 1,821 | 56.90 | 59.84 | 12 | 4 | 64.00 |
| Away | 20 | 38 | 1,809 | 53.20 | 58.98 | 19 | 7 | 44.42 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Brisbane Cricket Ground
- First century in this archive · 148 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Best recorded bowling · 3/31
Test v Australia · Eden Gardens
- Highest recorded innings · 241* runs
Test v Australia · Sydney Cricket Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Arun Jaitley Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-22 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| 2013-03-22 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 2 | 32 | 53 | - | - |
| 2013-03-14 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 4 | 21 | 23 | - | - |
| 2013-03-14 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 2 |
| 2013-03-14 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 2 | 37 | 81 | - | - |
| 2013-03-02 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium | 2 | 7 | 15 | - | - |
| 2013-02-22 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 4 | 13 | 10 | - | - |
| 2013-02-22 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2 | 81 | 159 | - | - |
| 2012-01-24 | Adelaide Oval | 4 | 13 | 34 | - | - |
| 2012-01-24 | Adelaide Oval | 2 | 25 | 69 | - | - |
| 2012-01-13 | WACA Ground | 3 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| 2012-01-13 | WACA Ground | 1 | 15 | 25 | - | - |
| 2012-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 80 | 141 | - | - |
| 2012-01-03 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 41 | 89 | - | - |
| 2011-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 32 | 46 | - | - |
| 2011-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 73 | 98 | - | - |
| 2010-10-09 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 4 | 53 | 77 | - | - |
| 2010-10-09 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 2 | 214 | 363 | - | - |
| 2010-10-01 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 4 | 38 | 64 | - | - |
| 2010-10-01 | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium | 2 | 98 | 189 | - | - |
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.