SR Tendulkar's World Record : Completes 3000 runs against Australia
SR Tendulkar added one more feather in his cap when he aggregated 3000 plus runs against Australia to become the first batsman in the world to amass 3000 plus runs against a specific opposition.
Prior to the start of the game at Guwahathi against Australia on 15.11.09, he had an aggregate of 2995 runs. He completed 3000 runs when on five during the course of his knock of 10 at Guwahathi. At the end of the game his aggregate stood at 3005. The following table shows Tendulkar’s performance against Australia.
| No | Runs | Dismissal | Opposition | Ground | Date | |
| 1 | 36 | caught | v Australia | Perth | 08.12.91 | |
| 2 | 57 | caught | v Australia | Hobart | 10.12.91 | |
| 3 | 21 | caught | v Australia | Adelaide | 15.12.91 | |
| 4 | 31 | run out | v Australia | Sydney | 14.01.92 | |
| 5 | 4 | caught | v Australia | Melbourne | 18.01.92 | |
| 6 | 69 | caught | v Australia | Sydney | 20.01.92 | |
| 7 | 11 | caught | v Australia | Brisbane | 01.03.92 | |
| 8 | 6 | caught | v Australia | Sharjah | 19.04.94 | |
| 9 | 110 | bowled | v Australia | Col-RPS | 09.09.94 | |
| 10 | 47 | caught | v Australia | Dunedin | 22.02.95 | |
| 11 | 90 | stumped | v Australia | Mumbai | 27.02.96 | |
| 12 | 7 | caught | v Australia | Col-SSC | 06.09.96 | |
| 13 | 88 | lbw | v Australia | Bangalore | 21.10.96 | |
| 14 | 62 | caught | v Australia | Mohali | 03.11.96 | |
| 15 | 8 | caught | v Australia | Kochi | 01.04.98 | |
| 16 | 100 | caught | v Australia | Kanpur | 07.04.98 | |
| 17 | 15 | caught | v Australia | Delhi | 14.04.98 | |
| 18 | 80 | caught | v Australia | Sharjah | 19.04.98 | |
| 19 | 143 | caught | v Australia | Sharjah | 22.04.98 | |
| 20 | 134 | lbw | v Australia | Sharjah | 24.04.98 | |
| 21 | 141 | run out | v Australia | Dhaka | 28.10.98 | |
| 22 | 0 | caught | v Australia | The Oval | 04.06.99 | |
| 23 | 14 | caught | v Australia | Galle | 23.08.99 | |
| 24 | 12 | run out | v Australia | Melbourne | 12.01.00 | |
| 25 | 1 | caught | v Australia | Sydney | 14.01.00 | |
| 26 | 18 | caught | v Australia | Adelaide | 26.01.00 | |
| 27 | 3 | bowled | v Australia | Perth | 30.01.00 | |
| 28 | 38 | caught | v Australia | Nairobi | 07.10.00 | |
| 29 | 35 | run out | v Australia | Bangalore | 25.03.01 | |
| 30 | 32 | caught | v Australia | Pune | 28.03.01 | |
| 31 | 139 | caught | v Australia | Indore | 31.03.01 | |
| 32 | 62 | Caught | v Australia | Vizag | 03.04.01 | |
| 33 | 12 | caught | v Australia | Margao | 06.04.01 | |
| 34 | 36 | lbw | v Australia | Centurion | 15.02.03 | |
| 35 | 4 | Caught | v Australia | Jo’burg | 23.03.03 | |
| 36 | 100 | caught | v Australia | Gwalior | 26.10.03 | |
| 37 | 68 | bowled | v Australia | Mumbai | 01.11.03 | |
| 38 | 89 | bowled | v Australia | Bangalore | 12.11.03 | |
| 39 | 45 | bowled | v Australia | Kolkata | 18.11.03 | |
| 40 | 63 | caught | v Australia | Melbourne | 09.01.04 | |
| 41 | 86 | caught | v Australia | Brisbane | 18.01.04 | |
| 42 | 5 | caught | v Australia | Perth | 01.02.04 | |
| 43 | 8 | bowled | v Australia | Melbourne | 06.02.04 | |
| 44 | 27 | caught | v Australia | Sydney | 08.02.04 | |
| 45 | 12 | Caught | v Australia | K Lumpur | 16.09.06 | |
| 46 | 4 | caught | v Australia | K Lumpur | 22.09.06 | |
| 47 | 10 | caught | v Australia | Mohali | 29.10.06 | |
| 48 | 0 | lbw | v Australia | Bangalore | 29.09.07 | |
| 49 | 16 | caught | v Australia | Kochi | 02.10.07 | |
| 50 | 43 | Bowled | v Australia | Hyd-RGI | 05.10.07 | |
| 51 | 79 | run out | v Australia | Chandigarh | 08.10.07 | |
| 52 | 47 | caught | v Australia | Vadodara | 11.10.07 | |
| 53 | 72 | stumped | v Australia | Nagpur | 14.10.07 | |
| 54 | 21 | bowled | v Australia | Mumbai | 17.10.07 | |
| 55 | 10 | hit wicket | v Australia | Brisbane | 03.02.08 | |
| 56 | 44 | caught | v Australia | Melbourne | 10.02.08 | |
| 57 | 5 | lbw | v Australia | Adelaide | 17.02.08 | |
| 58 | 2 | lbw | v Australia | Sydney | 24.02.08 | |
| 59 | 117 | * | not out | v Australia | Sydney | 02.03.08 |
| 60 | 91 | Caught | v Australia | Brisbane | 04.03.08 | |
| 61 | TDNB | – | v Australia | Centurion | 28.09.09 | |
| 62 | 14 | caught | v Australia | Vadodara | 25.10.09 | |
| 63 | 4 | caught | v Australia | Nagpur | 28.10.09 | |
| 64 | 32 | run out | v Australia | Delhi | 31.10.09 | |
| 65 | 40 | lbw | v Australia | Mohali | 02.11.09 | |
| 66 | 175 | caught | v Australia | Hyd-RGI | 05.11.09 | |
| 67 | 10 | caught | v Australia | Guwahati | 08.11.09 | |
| 3005 | Total |