SR Tendulkar added one more record to his surfeit of records when he scored a fifty – 54 – in the second innings of the third test at Sara Oval against Sri Lanka. His fifty in this test gave him the feat of scoring fifty in eight consecutive tests.

It is the second time in his test career that he has scored fifty in eight consecutive tests. This feat gives him the unique distinction of scoring fifty in eight consecutive tests on two occasions. He is the only batsman to achieve the feat in the annals of test cricket.

His feat is achieved thus – First occasion – 91 and 1 vs England at Nottingham in Jul 2007, 82 and 1 vs England at The Oval in Aug 2007, 1 and 56* vs Pakistan at Delhi in Nov 2007, 82 and DNB vs Pakistan at Kolkata in Nov 2007, 62 and 15 vs Australia at Melbourne in Dec 2007, 154* and 12 vs Australia at Sydney in Jan 2008, 71 and 13 vs Australia at Perth in Jan 2008 and 153 and 13 vs Australia at Perth in Jan 2008

Second occasion – 53 vs Sri Lanka at Mumbai {BS} in Dec 2009, 105* and 16 vs Bangladesh at Chittagong in Jan 2010, 143 and DNB vs Bangladesh at Dhaka in Jan 2010, 7 and 100 vs South Africa at Nagpur in Feb 2010, 106 vs South Africa at Kolkata in Jul 2010, 8 and 84 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in Jul 2010, 203 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Jul 2010 and 41 and 54 vs Sri Lanka at Col-SSC in Aug 2010

It is interesting to note that JH Kallis of South Africa has achieved the feat in nine consecutive tests once and in seven consecutive tests on two occasions, HH Gibbs of South Africa has achieved the feat in seven consecutive tests on two occasions, R Dravid of India has achieved the feat in seven consecutive tests on two occasions, but SR Tendulkar is the only batsman to achieve the feat in eight consecutive tests on two occasions