#OnThisDay: 25 years ago, Sachin Tendulkar scripted history by becoming youngest batsman to score 3000 runs in ODIs

While players like Virat Kohli are making sure to break record that comes their way, legend Sachin Tendulkar is the one who set most of the milestones.

Being one of the finest batsmen in the history of the sport, the legendary India cricketer holds multiple batting records to his name in both One-day Internationals and Test cricket.

One such record was created 25 years ago, when on April 9, Tendulkar became the youngest batsman to score 3000 runs in ODIs. He achieved the feat against Sri Lanka in the 1995 edition of the Asia Cup in Sharjah.

As for the match, Sri Lanka, who were batting first, were restricted to a sub-par score of 202/9 in their allotted 50 overs. 

While none of the batsmen could get past the fifty-run mark, Hasan Tilakratne was their top-scoring batsman with 48.

Indian bolwer Venkatesh Prasad scalped a three-wicket haul while Javagal Srinath scalped two. Manoj Prabhakar and Anil Kumble scalped one wicket each.

When India came to chase, Indian openers Tendulkar and Prabhakar didn’t break a sweat as they put on a 161-run opening stand which lead to a well-deserved victory.

While Prabhakar fell for 60, Tendulkar notched up a fine century. He remained not out at 112 as India won the clash with 16.5 overs to spare. Tendulkar’s innings included 15 boundaries and one six.

Tendulkar also became the youngest to scale Mount 3000 as he went past the mark 15 days shy of his 22nd birthday.