SR Tendulkar in sight of the world record for most runs against a specific oppositon
SR Tendulkar took his run aggregate against Australia to 2780 with his 32 runs in the third one day game against Australia at Delhi on 31.10.09 . He went past his own run aggregate of 2749 against Sri Lanka, when he was on 2 during his knock of 32 in this game.
SR Tendulkar at the end of this game with his run aggregate of 2780 runs against Australia stands second in the list of batsmen who have scored 2000 plus runs against a specific country. ST Jayasuriya with 2848 runs against Australia leads the table. RT Ponting is all set to join this elite band during this series. At the end of this game, he has an aggregate of 1923 runs against India and require 77 runs to reach the milestone of becoming the first Australian batsman to score 2000 runs against a specific opposition.
SR Tendulkar requires another 69 runs to overhaul the existing record of most runs against a specific country held by ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka who has amassed 2848 runs against India.
| No | Batsmen | Team | Opp | Mat | Runs |
| 1 | Jayasuriya | Srl | Ind | 86 | 2848 |
| 2 | Tendulkar | Ind | Aus | 64 | 2780 |
| 3 | Tendulkar | Ind | Srl | 74 | 2749 |
| 4 | Jayasuriya | Srl | Pak | 82 | 2517 |
| 5 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pak | Ind | 67 | 2403 |
| 6 | Haynes | Win | Pak | 65 | 2390 |
| 7 | Tendulkar | Ind | Pak | 67 | 2389 |
| 8 | PAdeSilva | Srl | Pak | 75 | 2319 |
| 9 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pak | Srl | 63 | 2265 |
| 10 | Haynes | Win | Aus | 64 | 2262 |
| 11 | SaeedAnwar | Pak | Srl | 52 | 2198 |
| 12 | IVARichards | Win | Aus | 54 | 2187 |
| 13 | SaeedAnwar | Pak | Ind | 50 | 2002 |