Sachin Tendulkar past the 18,000-run mark in ( ODI ) One-Day Internationals Cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar past the 18,000-run mark in One-Day Internationals during India's  World Cup quarter-final against Australia  in Ahmedabad, crossed another milestone on Thursday .

Sachin Tendulkar Playing his 451st ODI, Tendulkar reached the milestone with a single off Australia fast bowler Brett Lee  in the 14th over of India's run chase at the Sardar Patel stadium in Motera. He was 45 short of 18,000 runs before the quarter-finals.

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 this 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.

Top 10 Highest ODI run Scorer.

Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs  HS  Ave       BF       SR   100 50 0
SR Tendulkar (India)
1989-2011 451 440 41 18008 200* 45.13 20851 86.36 48 94 20

ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)
1989-2009 444 432 18 13428 189 32.43 14719 91.22 28 68 34

RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)
1995-2011 359 349 37 13288 164 42.58 16510 80.48 30 79 19

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak)
1991-2007 378 350 53 11739 137* 39.52 15812 74.24 10 83 20

SC Ganguly (Asia/India)
1992-2007 311 300 23 11363 183 41.02 15416 73.70 22 72 16

JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)
1996-2011 313 299 53 11180 139 45.44 15351 72.82 17 82 16

R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)
1996-2009 339 313 40 10765 153 39.43 15124 71.17 12 82 13

BC Lara (ICC/WI)
1990-2007 299 289 32 10405 169 40.48 13086 79.51 19 63 16

Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/Pak)
1998-2010 288 273 40 9720 141* 41.71 12942 75.10 15 64 15


AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC)
1996-2008 287 279 11 9619 172 35.89 9922 96.94 16 55 19