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India · 1989–2013 · Retired
Sachin Tendulkar
Right-hand top-order batter
MRF Genius
Made by MRF →MRF
- Willow
- Grade 1 English willow
- Weight
- 3lb 2oz (notably heavy)
The player
The most prolific batter in international cricket history — 100 international hundreds, 34,357 international runs. Tendulkar's bat was famously heavy: he preferred a 3lb-plus blade where most contemporaries swung 2lb 8oz–2lb 10oz.
The MRF Genius sticker on Tendulkar's bat is the most recognised endorsement in cricket. He used Slazenger and SG bats in his early career before signing the long-running MRF deal in 1999.
Career snapshot
- Tests
- 200
- Test runs
- 15,921
- ODI runs
- 18,426
- Int'l 100s
- 100
Notable innings with this bat
- 200* vs South Africa, Gwalior 2010 (first ODI 200)
- 241* vs Australia, Sydney 2004
- 100th international hundred vs Bangladesh, Mirpur 2012