Tendulkar crosses 18,000 ODI run mark

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Mar 24 (PTI) Indian cricket star
Sachin Tendulkar Thursday crossed another milestone as he went
past the 18,000-run mark in ODIs during India's World Cup
quarterfinal match against Australia here.
Playing in his 451st ODI, Tendulkar reached the
milestone with a single off Australian fast bowler Brett Lee
in the 14th over of India's run chase at the Sardar Patel
Stadium at Motera. He was 45 short of 18,000 runs before
today's match.
The 37-year-old Indian maestro is the highest
run-getter in both Tests and ODIs. He has till date scored
14,692 runs from 177 Tests at an average of 56.94 with 51
hundreds and 59 half centuries.
His aggregate score in all forms of cricket before
today's match stands at a staggering 32,657.
Tendulkar, who is playing in his sixth World Cup, is
also the highest run scorer in the showpiece event.