SR Tendulkar in sight of the world record for most runs against a specific oppositon

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

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