Selected to represent Mumbai in Ranji. Was not in playing 11.
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Nov 14, 1987•
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Feb 25, 1988•326* vs. St. Xavier's High School
- Highest partnership in any form of cricket
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Dec 11, 1988•100* vs. Gujarat
- Youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut.
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Nov 15, 1989115 vs. Pakistan
- 2nd youngest debutant in the world
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Aug 9, 199016119* vs. England
- 2nd youngest player to score a century
- 1st international century
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May 7, 1992•86 vs. Hampshire
- 1st overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
- Aged 19
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Sep 9, 1994111110 vs. Australia
- 1st ODI century
- 79th ODI match
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Aug 28, 1996161110 vs. Sri Lanka
- Only Indian to score century on Captaincy Debut
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Apr 22, 1998248143 vs. Australia
- THE innings
- nuff said
- youtube link
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Apr 24, 1998249134 vs. Australia
- Most number of consecutive matches played
- 185th consecutive match since April 1990
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Sep 20, 1998259127* vs. Zimbabwe
- Most number of centuries in ODI
- 18th ODI century
- Broke Desmond Haynes' record
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Nov 13, 1998269124* vs. Zimbabwe
- Most runs scored by any player in a calendar year
- 1894 runs, 9 centuries in ODI
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Nov 8, 1999297186* vs. New Zealand
- Highest partnership for any wicket
- 331 runs partnership with Dravid
- Personal highest score
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Oct 15, 200032969 vs. New Zealand
- Most runs in ODI
- Broke Azharuddin's record of 9378
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Mar 31, 2001348139 vs. Australia
- 1st to cross 10000 runs
- Quickest to do so in 259 innings
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Jan 28, 200237387* vs. England
- 1st to cross 11000 runs
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Dec 1, 2002•Wisden rated him as the
- 2nd greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman &
- 2nd greatest ODI batsman after Viv Richards,
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Mar 1, 200341498 vs. Pakistan
- 1st to cross 12000 runs
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Mar 20, 200341883 vs. Kenya
- Most runs by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
- 673 runs in 2003 world cup
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Jan 2, 2004432241* vs. Australia
- Personal highest in Test
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Mar 16, 2004441141 vs. Pakistan
- 1st to cross 13000 runs
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Dec 10, 2004459248* vs. Bangladesh
- Current personal highest in Test
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Mar 16, 200546452 vs. Pakistan
- Quickest 10000 test runs (195 inn), along with Brian Lara
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Dec 10, 2005483109 vs. Sri Lanka
- Most number of centuries in Test
- 35th Test century
- Broke Sunil Gavaskar's record
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Feb 6, 2006488100 vs. Pakistan
- Only player to cross 14000 ODI runs
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Jan 2, 200751064 vs. South Africa
- Most runs scored in Tests away from home
- Broke Lara's record of 5736
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Oct 11, 200754147 vs. Australia
- 1st player to play 400 ODIs
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Mar 2, 2008563117* vs. Australia
- Most ODI centuries against a single opponent
- 8th century against Australia
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Oct 17, 200857088 vs. Australia
- Most runs in Test
- Broke Brian Lara's record of 11953
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Sep 14, 2009588138 vs. Sri Lanka
- Most ODI centuries against a single opponent
- 8th century against Sri Lanka
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Nov 5, 2009595175 vs. Australia
- Only batsman with 3000+ runs against an opponent
- Most ODI centuries against a single opponent
- 9th century against Australia
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Feb 24, 2010609200* vs. South Africa
- 1st person to score 200 runs in ODI
- Only person with 5 150+ scores
- Broke Saeed Anwar's record after 13 years
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Oct 9, 2010614214 vs. Australia
- 2nd player to score 11 Test centuries against Aus
- Tying with Sir Jack Hobbs, from 70 years ago
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Feb 27, 2011624120 vs. England
- 2nd player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in 6 World Cups
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Mar 12, 2011627111 vs. South Africa
- Most centuries in World Cup: 6
- First person to cross 2000 runs in World Cups
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Mar 16, 2012654114 vs. Bangladesh
- Only man with 100 centuries in international cricket
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Mar 18, 201265552 vs. Pakistan
- Last ODI match
- 18426 runs
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Feb 8, 2013•140* vs. Rest of India
- Most first-class centuries by an Indian
- Tying with Sunil Gavaskar
- 81st first-class hundred
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Oct 5, 2013•35 vs. Trinidad and Tobago
- 1st Asian to cross 50000 runs across all forms
- Overall 16th player to do so
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Nov 14, 201366474 vs. West Indies
- 1st player to play 200 test matches
- 15921 runs in Test
