Editing Sachin Tendulkar (section)

=== Return to old form and consistency ===
{{See also|List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in Test cricket|List of players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket}}

==== 2007 ====
In 2007, in a Test series during India's tour of Bangladesh, Tendulkar returned to his opening slot and was chosen as the Man of the Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/bdeshvind/engine/match/282692.html |title=2nd Test: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, May 25–27, 2007 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223141720/http://www.espncricinfo.com/bdeshvind/engine/match/282692.html |archive-date=23 February 2014 }}</ref> He continued by scoring 99 and 93 in the first two matches of the Future Cup against South Africa. During the second match, he also became the first to score 15,000 runs in ODIs.<ref>{{cite news|title=After Yuvraj breaks in, Sachin seals victory |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/after-yuvraj-breaks-in-sachin-seals-victory/203336/0 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329220131/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/after-yuvraj-breaks-in-sachin-seals-victory/203336/0 |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> He was the leading run scorer and was adjudged the Man of the Series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3258;type=tournament |title=Cricket Records {{pipe}} Future Cup, 2007 {{pipe}} Records {{pipe}} Most runs {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228060245/http://stats.cricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3258%3Btype%3Dtournament |archive-date=28 December 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/match/293078.html |title=3rd ODI: India v South Africa at Belfast, Jul 1, 2007 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102120108/http://www.espncricinfo.com/rsavind/engine/match/293078.html |archive-date=2 January 2013 }}</ref>

[[File:Tendulkar closup.jpg|thumb|right|Tendulkar, upon reaching his 38th Test century against Australia in the 2nd Test at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]] in 2008, where he finished [[not out]] on 154]]
On the second day of the Nottingham Test on 28 July 2007, Tendulkar became the third cricketer to complete 11,000 Test runs.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 July 2007 |title=Tendulkar gets to 11,000 Test runs |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-gets-to-11-000-test-runs-304149 |url-status=live |access-date=1 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904061939/http://www.espncricinfo.com/engvind/content/current/story/304149.html |archive-date=4 September 2015}}</ref> In the subsequent one-day series against England, Tendulkar was the leading run scorer from India<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/engvind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2873;type=series |title=Statistics, NatWest Series India in England, 2007 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314022747/http://stats.cricinfo.com/engvind/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=2873%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=14 March 2008 }}</ref> with an average of 53.42. In the ODI Series against Australia in October 2007 Tendulkar was the leading Indian run scorer with 278 runs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3250;type=series |title=Statistics, Australia in India ODI Series, 2007/08 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220164014/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3250%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=20 February 2008 }}</ref>

Tendulkar was dismissed five times in 2007 between 90 and 100, including three times at 99, leading some to suggestions that he struggles to cope with nervousness in this phase of his innings.<ref>{{Cite news|date=8 November 2007|title=Tendulkar still nervous in 90s|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/tendulkar-still-nervous-in-90s/story-6IpLTZCw2nEigwvP0IyvhI.html|access-date=31 August 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> Tendulkar has got out 27 times in the 90s during his international career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=11;filter=advanced;outs=1;runsmax1=99;runsmin1=90;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / Batting records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=31 May 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031122523/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=11%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Bouts%3D1%3Brunsmax1%3D99%3Brunsmin1%3D90%3Brunsval1%3Druns%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=31 October 2013 }}</ref> In a five-ODI series against Pakistan, he was caught by [[Kamran Akmal]] off the bowling of [[Umar Gul]] for 99 in the second match at [[Mohali]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sachin-falls-short-of-his-own-genius/237608/0 |title=Sachin falls short of his own genius |first=G S |last=Vivek |location=Mohali |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=8 November 2007 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329215902/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sachin-falls-short-of-his-own-genius/237608/0 |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> and in the fourth match of that series, he got out in the 90s for a second time, scoring 97 before dragging a delivery from Gul on to his stumps.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/sachin-tendulkar-stars-as-india-clinches-series/article1949611.ece |title=Sachin Tendulkar stars as India clinches series |date=16 November 2007 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first=Nandita |last=Sridhar |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329231559/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/sachin-tendulkar-stars-as-india-clinches-series/article1949611.ece |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref>

==== 2007–08: Tour of Australia ====
{{Further|Indian cricket team in Australia in 2007–08#Controversies|Second Test, 2007–08 Border–Gavaskar Trophy}}
In 2008 India's tour of Australia, at a Sydney Test match, Australian [[Andrew Symonds]] accused Indian [[Harbhajan Singh]] of using racist terminology by calling him a monkey. This matter was dubbed "[[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2007–08#Controversies|Monkeygate]]" by the media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/forget-about-monkeygate-harbhajan-singh-to-aussies/articleshow/67121856.cms |title=Forget about 'Monkeygate': Harbhajan Singh to Aussies {{pipe}} Cricket News – Times of India |publisher=M.timesofindia.com |date=17 December 2018 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> Singh was suspended by the match ICC referee after a hearing. Sachin Tendulkar was standing at the non-striker's end at the moment when Symonds claimed the racist comments were made. In the hearing, Tendulkar said to the ICC match referee [[Mike Procter]], that he could not say what exactly Singh said to Symonds, but in the next hearing, Tendulkar changed his stance and said that Symonds had not said "monkey" but "''Teri Maa Ki...''" ('Your mother's...'). In his autobiography ''[[Playing It My Way]]'', Tendulkar wrote, "''Teri Maa Ki...'', It is an expression we often use in [[Hindi Belt|North India]] to vent our anger and to me it all part of the game".{{Full citation needed|date=March 2023}} The matter became big in the following days and nearly led to the cancellation of this tour.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Sachin Tendulkar claims "Monkeygate" hearing was unfair; slams Adam Gilchrist for lack of sportsmanship|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-sachin-tendulkar-claims-monkeygate-hearing-was-unfair-slams-adam-gilchrist-for-lack-of-sportsmanship-2032688|access-date=26 December 2021|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> The referee suspended Singh for 3 Tests but after appeal and Tendulkar's statement in the hearing the suspension was overturned. Andrew Symonds later said in ''Monkeygate- Ten years on'', a documentary that was based on this matter, "When I began to play for Mumbai Indians, IPL franchise, once Harbhajan Singh came to me and apologised."  Symonds said in the documentary, "We go to a very wealthy man's place for a barbecue, drinks, and dinner one night, and the whole team's there, and he had guests there, and Harbhajan said 'mate, can I speak to you for a minute out in the garden out the front?' He goes, 'look, I've got to say sorry to you for what I did to you in Sydney. I apologise."<ref>Sources
*{{Cite news|last=Morris|first=Tom|date=16 December 2018|title='Broke down, what for?' Harbhajan refutes new Monkeygate claims|work=Herald Sun|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/monkeygate-ten-years-on-harbhajan-sing-refutes-new-monkeygate-allegations/news-story/cca9a2c3e5fcf3cae698eb5d5e0ca3f1|access-date=26 December 2021}}
*{{cite magazine|last=Singh|first=Ujwal|date=22 January 2018 |title=Mike Procter criticises Tendulkar's role in 2008 Monkeygate controversy|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/sachin-tendulkar-monkeygate-harbhajan-singh-andrew-symonds-mike-procter-cricket-1150958-2018-01-21|access-date=26 December 2021|magazine=India Today|language=en}}
*{{cite web|date=7 January 2021|title=12 years of Monkeygate: The IND vs AUS Sydney Test that erupted into a courtroom battle|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/monkeygate-the-scg-test-that-erupted-into-a-courtroom-battle-7134953/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}
*{{cite news|title=Monkeygate Was Lowest Point As Australia Captain, Says Ricky Ponting |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/monkeygate-was-lowest-point-as-australia-captain-says-ricky-ponting-2196626|access-date=26 December 2021|website=NDTVSports.com|language=en}}
*{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India |date=6 November 2014|title=Tendulkar throws light on "monkeygate" scandal|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/tendulkar-throws-light-on-monkeygate-scandal/article6568380.ece|access-date=26 December 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The ''[[Herald Sun]]'' stated that Tendulkar is still not "forgiven" by some Aussie players for changing his account on Monkeygate, dubbing Tendulkar an Indian "[[demigod]]".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Conn |first1=Malcolm |title=Former Test captain Ricky Ponting in his new book questions the role of Indian great Sachin Tendulkar in "monkey gate" scandal |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/former-test-captain-ricky-ponting-in-his-new-book-questions-the-role-of-indian-great-sachin-tendulkar-in-monkey-gate-scandal/news-story/3b375820bc4838f4c54b93d4b71dc3c7 |access-date=22 April 2022 |work=Herald Sun |date=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/australian-media-digs-out-monkeygate-ghost-88343-2012-01-03 |title=Australian media digs out Monkeygate ghost |magazine=India Today |date=3 January 2012 |access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref>

In the [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 2007–08|Border–Gavaskar Trophy, 2007–08]], Tendulkar showed exceptional form, becoming the leading run scorer with "493 runs in four Tests, despite consistently failing in the second innings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cricket Records {{pipe}} Records {{pipe}} Border–Gavaskar Trophy, 2007/08 {{pipe}} Most runs |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3163;type=series |work=[[ESPNcrcinfo]] |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302142604/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3163%3Btype%3Dseries |archive-date=2 March 2014 }}</ref> Tendulkar scored 62 runs in the first innings of the first Test at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]] in [[Melbourne]], but could not prevent a heavy 337-run win for Australia.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia wins the first match |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/engine/match/291351.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114172800/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/engine/match/291351.html |archive-date=14 November 2013 }}</ref> In the [[Second Test, 2007–08 Border–Gavaskar Trophy|controversial New Years' Test at Sydney]], Tendulkar scored an unbeaten 154, even though India lost the Test. This was his third century at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground|SCG]] and his 38th Test century overall, earning him an average of 326 at the ground at the time of completing the innings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tendulkar lords over Sydney, cracks 38th century |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-lords-over-sydney-cracks-38th-century/257849/0 |first=G S |last=Vivek |location=Sydney |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=4 January 2008 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329220104/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-lords-over-sydney-cracks-38th-century/257849/0 |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Binoy |first1=George |last2=Gopalakrishna |first2=HR |date=4 January 2008 |title=Tendulkar's SCG success and Gilchrist bags No. 400 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/tendulkar-s-scg-success-and-gilchrist-bags-no-400-329054 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213144653/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/content/story/329054.html |archive-date=13 December 2013 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In the third Test at the [[WACA Ground|WACA cricket ground]] in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], Tendulkar was instrumental in India's first innings score of 330, scoring a well-compiled 71. India went on to record a historic triumph at the WACA, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive wins.<ref>{{cite web |last=Premachandran |first=Dileep |date=19 January 2008 |title=Inspired India end Australia's streak |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-australia-2007-08-291320/australia-vs-india-3rd-test-291353/match-report-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115025818/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/content/story/332219.html |archive-date=15 January 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In the fourth Test at the [[Adelaide Oval]], which ended in a draw, he scored 153 in the first innings, being involved in a crucial 126-run stand with [[VVS Laxman]] for the fifth wicket to lead India to a score of 282 for 5 from 156 for 4.<ref>{{cite web |last=Premachandran |first=Dileep |date=24 January 2008 |title=Tendulkar ton lights up keen contest |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-australia-2007-08-291320/australia-vs-india-4th-test-291354/match-report-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127085641/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/content/story/333085.html |archive-date=27 November 2013 |access-date=29 March 2014}}</ref> He secured the Man of the Match award.<ref>{{cite web |title=3rd ODI: India v South Africa at Belfast, Jul 1, 2007 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-australia-2007-08-291320/australia-vs-india-4th-test-291354/match-report-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127085641/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausvind/content/story/333085.html |archive-date=27 November 2013 |access-date=18 December 2013 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In the One-Day International Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series involving India, Sri Lanka and Australia, Tendulkar became the only batsman to complete 16,000 runs in ODIs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sachin reaches to 16000 runs |work=IBNLive |date=10 October 2013 |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/sachin-tendulkar-timeline-1989-to-2013/427634-78.html |publisher=IBN Live |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227204834/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cricketnext/sachin-tendulkar-timeline-1989-to-2013/427634-78.html |archive-date=27 December 2013 }}</ref> He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka on 5 February 2008 at the [[The Gabba|Gabba]] in [[Brisbane]]. He started the series with scores of 10, 35, 44 and 32.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?agemin1=0;ageval1=age;batting_positionmax1=2;batting_positionmin1=2;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=3160;team=6;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Batting records {{pipe}} One-Day Internationals {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo Statsguru {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609231132/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?agemin1=0%3Bageval1%3Dage%3Bbatting_positionmax1%3D2%3Bbatting_positionmin1%3D2%3Bbatting_positionval1%3Dbatting_position%3Bclass%3D2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Bseries%3D3160%3Bteam%3D6%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=9 June 2015 }}</ref> His form dipped a bit in the middle of the tournament,{{original research inline|date=March 2014}} but Tendulkar came back strongly in India's must-win game against Sri Lanka at the [[Bellerive Oval]] in [[Hobart]], scoring 63 off 54 balls.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-hammer-final-nail/277511/ |title=India hammer final nail |first=G.S. |last=Vivek |location=Hobart |date=26 February 2008 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329215815/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-hammer-final-nail/277511/ |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> He finished the series with a match winning 117 not out off 120 balls in the first final,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/cbs/engine/match/291371.html |title=1st Final: Australia v India at Sydney, 2&nbsp;March 2008 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622153615/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/cbs/engine/match/291371.html |archive-date=22 June 2008 }}</ref> and 91 runs in the second final.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/cbs/engine/current/match/291372.html |title=2nd Final: Australia v India at Brisbane, 4&nbsp;March 2008 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 June 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516231841/http://content-www.cricinfo.com/cbs/engine/current/match/291372.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref> Both the knocks were nominated to be the ODI Batting Performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2008/content/story/383924.html|title=One-day international batting: the nominees|date=2 January 2009|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref>

==== 2008: Return to Tests and breaking Brian Lara's record ====
South Africa toured in [[South African cricket team in India in 2007–08|March and April 2008]] for a three-Test series. Tendulkar scored a five-ball duck in his only innings of the series;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/158/158573.html |title=f50749 t1870 India v South Africa: South Africa in India 2007/08 (1st Test) |website=CricketArchive |access-date=3 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719014537/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/158/158573.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 }}</ref> he sustained a groin strain in the match and as a result was forced not only to miss the second and third Tests, but also the tri-series involving Bangladesh, the [[2008 Asia Cup]], and the first half of the inaugural season of the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/kitplycup/content/story/352857.html |title=Tendulkar to miss Bangladesh tri-series and Asia Cup |work=Cricinfo |date=29 May 2008 |access-date=3 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112011057/http://www.espncricinfo.com/kitplycup/content/story/352857.html |archive-date=12 November 2012 }}</ref>

Before the [[Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2008|Indian cricket team's tour of Sri Lanka]] in July 2008, Tendulkar needed 177 runs to go past Brian Lara's record of Test 11,953 runs. However, he failed in all six innings, scoring a total of 95 runs. India lost the series and his average of 15.83 was his worst in a Test series with at least three matches.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=batting_average;orderbyad=reverse;template=results;type=batting;view=series |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / Test matches: Series average |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005083659/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dbatting_average%3Borderbyad%3Dreverse%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dseries |archive-date=5 October 2012 }}</ref>

In the following ODI series against Sri Lanka, Tendulkar was sidelined due to injury.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alter |first=Jamie |date=19 August 2008 |title=India need to fix opening problem |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/india-need-to-fix-opening-problem-365485 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207025529/http://www.espncricinfo.com/slvind/content/story/365485.html |archive-date=7 February 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo |location=Dambulla}}</ref> However, during the following Australia tour of India, he returned to fitness and form, scoring 13 and 49 in the first Test<ref>{{cite web|title=1st Test: India v Australia at Bangalore, Oct 9–13, 2008 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2008/engine/match/345669.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313013915/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2008/engine/match/345669.html |archive-date=13 March 2014 }}</ref> before making 88 in the first innings of the second Test, breaking the record for most Test runs held by Brian Lara. He also reached the 12,000-run mark when he was on 61.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sachin reaches 12000 runs and breaks Lara's Record|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/?utm_source=gocricket&utm_medium=webredirect&utm_campaign=timesinternet&referral=PM|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131221063631/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-10-17/top-stories/27943427_1_test-cricket-formidable-english-attack-sachin-tendulkar|archive-date=21 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=17 October 2008|url-status=live|access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=12,000 and counting, but he isn't just about numbers |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/12000-and-counting-but-he-isn-t-just-about-numbers/374784/0 |access-date=29 March 2014 |first=Kunal |last=Pradhan |date=18 October 2008 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329215819/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/12000-and-counting-but-he-isn-t-just-about-numbers/374784/0 |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> He described the achievement as the biggest in 19 years of his career on the day he achieved the record.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/18/stories/2008101857830100.htm |title=Tendulkar scales another peak |date=18 October 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=18 October 2008 |location=Chennai, India |quote="It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career," the 35-year-old said ... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020224212/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/18/stories/2008101857830100.htm |archive-date=20 October 2008 }}</ref> He made a fifty in the third Test<ref>{{cite web |last=Coverdale |first=Brydon |date=29 October 2008 |title=Gambhir century sets India on course |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2008-09-345666/india-vs-australia-3rd-test-345671/match-report-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122123827/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/story/375773.html |archive-date=22 January 2014 |access-date=29 March 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> and 109 in the fourth, as India won the series 2–0 and regained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|title=India reclaim the Border–Gavaskar Trophy |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/story/377631.html |first=Jamie |last=Alter |work=Cricinfo |date=10 November 2008 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621133420/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2008/content/story/377631.html |archive-date=21 June 2014 }}</ref>

==== 2008: England Series  ====
Tendulkar was again out of the first three ODIs of a seven-match ODI series at home against England due to an injury, but he made 11 in the fourth ODI<ref>{{cite web|title=4th ODI: India v England at Bangalore, Nov 23, 2008 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indveng/engine/match/361046.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115005202/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indveng/engine/match/361046.html |archive-date=15 November 2013 }}</ref> and 50 in the fifth,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/indian-juggernaut-rolls-on/article1384093.ece |title=Indian juggernaut rolls on |date=27 November 2008 |first=K.C. Vijaya |last=Kumar |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329221032/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/indian-juggernaut-rolls-on/article1384093.ece |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref> before the series was called off due to the [[2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks]], the scoreline being 5–0 to India.<ref name="MumbaiAttacks2008.1">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/oneday-international-series-called-off/article1384767.ece |title=One-Day International series called off |date=28 November 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first=K.C. Vijaya |last=Kumar |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329231327/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/oneday-international-series-called-off/article1384767.ece |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref><ref name="MumbaiAttacks2008.2">{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/england-players-fly-back-home/392176/ |title=England players fly back home |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 November 2008 |access-date=29 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329220033/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/england-players-fly-back-home/392176/ |archive-date=29 March 2014 }}</ref>

England returned for a two-match Test series in December 2008, and the first Test, which was originally planned to be held in Mumbai, was shifted to Chennai following the terror attacks.<ref name="MumbaiAttacks2008.1" /><ref name="MumbaiAttacks2008.2" /> Chasing 387 for victory in that match, Tendulkar scored 103 not out and shared a 163-run unbroken fifth wicket partnership with [[Yuvraj Singh]].<ref>{{cite web |last=McGlashan |first=Andrew |date=15 December 2008 |title=Tendulkar century sets up famous win |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-2008-09-361035/india-vs-england-1st-test-361050/match-report-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313013700/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indveng/content/story/382035.html |archive-date=13 March 2014 |access-date=21 December 2013 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> This was his third century in the fourth innings of a Test match, and the first which resulted in a win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1;filter=advanced;innings_number=4;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / Test matches |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206162853/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=1%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Binnings_number%3D4%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Brunsmin1%3D100%3Brunsval1%3Druns%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=6 December 2014 }}</ref> He dedicated this century to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks.<ref>{{cite news|title=This century, this win is for victims of terror |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-this-century-this-win-is-for-victims-of-terror-/398674/0 |first=Sandeep |last=Dwivedi |location=Chennai |date=15 December 2008 |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330141831/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/-this-century-this-win-is-for-victims-of-terror-/398674/0 |archive-date=30 March 2014 }}</ref> The knock was nominated to be one of the Test Batting Performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/awards2008/content/story/385010.html|title=Test batting: the nominees|date=2 January 2009|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> Tendulkar scored poorly in the second Test at [[Mohali]], which ended in a draw. India won the series 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=India v England at Mohali, Dec 19–23, 2008 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indveng/engine/match/361051.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414223156/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indveng/engine/match/361051.html |archive-date=14 April 2014 }}</ref>

==== 2009–10: Consolidation and ODI record ====
{{See also|List of highest individual scores in One Day International cricket}}

In early 2009, India revisited Sri Lanka for five ODIs, as the Pakistan series had been cancelled due to the security situation in Pakistan and the attacks in Mumbai.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} Tendulkar scored 5, 6 and 7 in the first three matches, being dismissed [[leg before wicket]] in all of them, and did not play in the remaining two matches.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / One-Day Internationals |url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=4914;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613102718/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Bseries%3D4914%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref>

India's next assignment was an away series against New Zealand, consisting of three Tests and five ODIs. In the ODI series, Tendulkar made an unbeaten 163 in the third match before stomach cramps forced him to end his innings. India made 392, won the match<ref>{{cite web |last=Veera |first=Sriram |date=8 March 2009 |title=India prevail in battle of batsmen |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-new-zealand-2008-09-366616/new-zealand-vs-india-3rd-odi-366627/match-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140622171211/http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/394146.html |archive-date=22 June 2014 |access-date=10 April 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> and eventually won the series 3–1.<ref>{{cite news |title=Auckland ODI: New Zealand win by 8 wickets |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Auckland+ODI:+New+Zealand+win+by+8+wickets/1/32330.html |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |work=[[India Today]] |date=14 March 2009 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051156/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Auckland%2BODI%3A%2BNew%2BZealand%2Bwin%2Bby%2B8%2Bwickets/1/32330.html |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> Tendulkar made 160 in the first Test, his 42nd Test century, and India won.<ref>{{cite web |last=Premachandran |first=Dileep |date=21 March 2009 |title=India end drought with thumping win |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/india-tour-of-new-zealand-2008-09-366616/new-zealand-vs-india-1st-test-366628/match-report-4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412183823/http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/content/story/396119.html |archive-date=12 April 2014 |access-date=10 April 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He made 49 and 64 in the second Test<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Test: New Zealand v India at Napier, Mar 26–30, 2009 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/386496.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211091142/http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/386496.html |archive-date=11 December 2013 }}</ref> and 62 and 9 in the third, in which play was halted on the last day due to rain with India needing only two wickets to win. India won the series 1–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=3rd Test: New Zealand v India at Wellington, Apr 3–7, 2009 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/366629.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218182302/http://www.espncricinfo.com/nzvind2009/engine/match/366629.html |archive-date=18 February 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wellington Test ends in a draw, India win series |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Wellington+Test+ends+in+a+draw,+India+win+series/1/35658.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=14 March 2009 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407194128/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Wellington%2BTest%2Bends%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdraw%2C%2BIndia%2Bwin%2Bseries/1/35658.html |archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref>

Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tour of West Indies,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-zaheer-rested-nehra-in-for-carib/477837/ |title=Tendulkar, Zaheer rested; Nehra in for Caribbean tour |location=New Delhi |date=17 June 2009 |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051421/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-zaheer-rested-nehra-in-for-carib/477837/ |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> but was back for the Compaq Cup Tri Series between India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in early September 2009. He made 46<ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Match: India v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), Sep 11, 2009 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/engine/match/403382.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313013949/http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/engine/match/403382.html |archive-date=13 March 2014 }}</ref> and 27<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/engine/match/403381.html |title=3rd Match: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Sep 12, 2009 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412193403/http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/engine/match/403381.html |archive-date=12 April 2014 }}</ref> in the league matches before notching up 138 in the final, as India made 319 and won by 46 runs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/India+beat+Sri+Lanka+in+Compaq+Cup+final;+Harbhajan+takes+5+after+Tendulkar%27s+138/1/61652.html |title=India beat Sri Lanka in Compaq Cup final; Harbhajan takes 5 after Tendulkar's 138 |work=[[India Today]] |first=AR |last=Hemant |agency=ITGD |location=New Delhi |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050800/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/India%2Bbeat%2BSri%2BLanka%2Bin%2BCompaq%2BCup%2Bfinal%3B%2BHarbhajan%2Btakes%2B5%2Bafter%2BTendulkar%27s%2B138/1/61652.html |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> This was Tendulkar's sixth century in a final of an ODI tournament and his third consecutive score of over 50 in such finals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425075.html |title=Tendulkar's final onslaught |first=S |last=Rajesh |work=Cricinfo |date=14 September 2009 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417002033/http://www.espncricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425075.html |archive-date=17 April 2014 }}</ref>

Tendulkar played only one innings in the ICC Champions trophy in South Africa, scoring 8 against Pakistan as India lost.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-lose-champions-trophy-opener-against-p/521985/ |title=India lose Champions Trophy opener against Pak by 54 runs |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |location=Centurion |date=27 September 2009 |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050652/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-lose-champions-trophy-opener-against-p/521985/ |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> The next match against Australia was abandoned due to rain<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-s-chances-watered-down/522637/ |title=India's chances watered down |first=Sandeep |last=Dwivedi |date=29 September 2009 |location=Centurion |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |access-date=10 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051430/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/india-s-chances-watered-down/522637/ |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> and he was out with a stomach infection in the third match against the West Indies, as India were eliminated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/india-beats-windies-but-bows-out-of-tournament/article27088.ece |title=India beats Windies, but bows out of tournament |first=S. |last=Dinakar |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421052109/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/india-beats-windies-but-bows-out-of-tournament/article27088.ece |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref>

Australia returned for a seven-match ODI series in India in October, and Tendulkar made 14, 4, 32 and 40 in the first four games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=5282;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / One-Day Internationals |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613102045/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Bseries%3D5282%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> In the fifth match, with the series tied at 2–2, Australia amassed 350/4 in 50 overs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia scores 350/4 in the Fifth ODI |work=Cricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2009/engine/match/416240.html |publisher=ESPN |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312175035/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2009/engine/match/416240.html |archive-date=12 March 2014 }}</ref> Tendulkar made his 45th ODI hundred, a 175 off 141 balls. Just when it seemed that he would steer India to the large victory target, he tried to scoop a slower delivery from debutant bowler [[Clint McKay]] over short fine leg only to be caught by [[Nathan Hauritz]], with India needing 19 runs to win with 18 balls and four wickets left. The Indian tail collapsed, and Australia won the match by three runs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Monga |first=Sidharth |date=5 November 2009 |title=Australia survive terrific Tendulkar |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-india-2009-10-416234/india-vs-australia-5th-odi-416240/match-report |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313013621/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvaus2009/content/story/433035.html |archive-date=13 March 2014 |access-date=22 December 2013 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="2009AustraliaSeries. ODI5">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/tendulkars-incandescent-innings-in-vain/article43622.ece |title=Tendulkar's incandescent innings in vain |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |first=K.C. Vijaya |last=Kumar |date=6 November 2009 |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318023837/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/tendulkars-incandescent-innings-in-vain/article43622.ece |archive-date=18 March 2014 }}</ref> During this match, Tendulkar also became the first player to reach 17,000 ODI runs,<ref name="2009AustraliaSeries. ODI5" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Sachin becomes the First Player to achieve the 17000 run mark|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-05/top-stories/28068712_1_sachin-tendulkar-17000-run-mark-jacques-kallis|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131222110705/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-05/top-stories/28068712_1_sachin-tendulkar-17000-run-mark-jacques-kallis|archive-date=22 December 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref> and achieved his personal best against Australia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=2;orderby=batted_score;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / One-Day Internationals |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613110358/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Bopposition%3D2%3Borderby%3Dbatted_score%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> as well as the third-highest score in a defeat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;result=2;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=11 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613110732/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dbatted_score%3Bresult%3D2%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=13 June 2015 }}</ref> The knock was voted as the Best ODI Batting Performance of 2009 by ESPNcricinfo.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 February 2010 |title=Hyderabad heartbreaker |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/espncricinfo-awards-2009-odi-batting-winner-sachin-tendulkars-175-vs-australia-448717 |access-date=23 January 2020 |work=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

In the five-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in 2009–10, Tendulkar scored 69, 43, 96 not out and 8 in the first four matches,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;series=5563;template=results;type=batting;view=innings |title=Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / One-Day Internationals |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614215500/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2%3Bfilter%3Dadvanced%3Borderby%3Dstart%3Bseries%3D5563%3Btemplate%3Dresults%3Btype%3Dbatting%3Bview%3Dinnings |archive-date=14 June 2015 }}</ref> with the fifth match being abandoned as the pitch was deemed unfit and potentially dangerous.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/minefield-of-a-pitch-forces-abandonment/article71240.ece |title=Minefield of a pitch forces abandonment |first=Nandita |last=Sridhar |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 December 2009 |access-date=12 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421081742/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/minefield-of-a-pitch-forces-abandonment/article71240.ece |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> India won the series 3–1.<ref>{{cite web|title=5th ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Delhi, Dec 27, 2009 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvsl2009/engine/match/430890.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408051216/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvsl2009/engine/match/430890.html |archive-date=8 April 2014 }}</ref> In the Test series that followed, he scored a 100 not out in the first Test, which was drawn, and 40 and 53 in the second and third Tests, respectively, as India clinched innings victories in both the Tests, to win the series 2–0.<ref>{{cite web|title=India vs SL Test Series 2009 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/430870.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804020521/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/430870.html |archive-date=4 August 2011 }}</ref>

Tendulkar rested himself for the ODI tri-series in Bangladesh in 2010, but played in the subsequent Test series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-rested-for-bangladesh-triseries/559178/ |title=Tendulkar rested for Bangladesh Tri-series |location=New Delhi |date=25 December 2009 |access-date=12 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051355/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/tendulkar-rested-for-bangladesh-triseries/559178/ |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref> He made 105 not out and 16 in the first Test, and 143 in the second. India won both the Tests.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st Test: Bangladesh v India at Chittagong, Jan 17–21, 2010 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/434256.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207082403/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/434256.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2nd Test: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Jan 24–27, 2010 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/434257.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207082345/http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/434257.html |archive-date=7 December 2013 }}</ref>

In the [[South African cricket team in India in 2009–10|two-Test Series against South Africa]], Tendulkar made 7 and 100 in the first Test.<ref>{{cite web|title=1st Test: India v South Africa at Nagpur, Feb 6–9, 2010 {{pipe}} Cricket Scorecard {{pipe}} ESPNcricinfo |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/engine/match/441825.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218235726/http://www.espncricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/engine/match/441825.html |archive-date=18 December 2013 }}</ref> He then scored 106 in the first innings of the second Test, which was his 47th hundred in Test cricket. It was also his fourth hundred in successive Tests, and he was the fourth Indian to achieve this feat.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sachin Tendulkar slams 47th Test century|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/?utm_source=gocricket&utm_medium=webredirect&utm_campaign=timesinternet&referral=PM|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131222110823/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-02-15/top-stories/28136568_1_sachin-tendulkar-virender-sehwag-south-africa|archive-date=22 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|agency=[[Times News Network]]|date=15 February 2010|url-status=live|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/131058-highlights-kolkata-test-day-2 |title=Highlights: Kolkata Test, Day 2 |first=Rajesh |last=Kumar |work=[[NDTV]] |access-date=13 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610181432/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/131058-highlights-kolkata-test-day-2 |archive-date=10 June 2014 }}</ref> In the second match of the subsequent ODI series, Tendulkar scored 200 not out, becoming the world's first batsman to score a double century in ODI cricket and breaking the previous highest score of 194 jointly held by Pakistan's [[Saeed Anwar]] and Zimbabwe's [[Charles Coventry (Zimbabwean cricketer)|Charles Coventry]].{{refn|group=Note|1=[[Belinda Clark]] of the [[Australian women's cricket team]] was the first cricketer (of any gender) to score 200 or more in an ODI match. She scored 229* in a [[1997 Women's Cricket World Cup]] match against Denmark.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/before-sachin-there-was-belinda-clark/articleshow/5655876.cms|title=Before Sachin, there was Belinda Clark|first=Nitin|last=Naik|agency=[[Times News Network]]|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 March 2010|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Storyold/15697/|title=Aussie skipper scores double ton. News is it's not Steve Waugh|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|first=H|last=Nataranjan|date=17 December 1997|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="ODI200.1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8534309.stm |title=Sachin Tendulkar fires record 200 against South Africa |date=24 February 2010 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=24 February 2010 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225030055/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/8534309.stm |archive-date=25 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="ODI200.2">{{Cite news |url=http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/24/updates-india-south-africa-2nd-odi-gwalior.htm |title=Tendulkar double ton leads India to series win |publisher=Rediff |access-date=24 February 2010 |location=Gwalior |date=24 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227224526/http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/24/updates-india-south-africa-2nd-odi-gwalior.htm |archive-date=27 February 2010 }}</ref><ref name="ODI200.3">{{cite web |url=http://www.downthewicket.com/2010/02/sachin-tendulkar-the-god-creates-history-again/ |date=24 February 2010 |title=Sachin Tendulkar "The God" creates History again |publisher=DownTheWicket |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605093803/http://www.downthewicket.com/2010/02/sachin-tendulkar-the-god-creates-history-again/ |archive-date=5 June 2013 }}</ref>}}

{{wide image|Tendulkar goes to 14,000 Test runs.jpg|600px|Tendulkar's shot to reach 14,000 Test runs. He was batting against Australia in October 2010.}}