Sachin Tendulkar of India becomes the first cricketer to score 15,000 Test runs. India’s Test match against West Indies, Sachin achieved the feat on day three. He will be hoping to score his 100th international century at the present age off 38 years. Shane Warne of Australia comes out of retirement to play Twenty20 for 
(CNN) — On Tuesday, Legendary Sachin Tendulkar the India batsman created yet another piece of cricket history becoming the first player to score 15,000 Test match runs.
The first Test between India and West Indies in Delhi, Tendulkar reached the milestone with a single on day three. The right-hander, known as the “Little Master”, finished the day 33 not out on 15,005 career runs.
After making his debut for India against Pakistan in November 1989, Tendulkar became Test cricket’s leading run-scorer in 2008 when he surpassed West Indies’ batsman Brian Lara’s total of 11,953.
The 38-year-old will be hoping to pass another landmark figure in the final two days of the Delhi contest and become the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket.
The Mumbai native scored his 99th international 100 against South Africa at this year’s World Cup, which hosts India won for the second time in the tournament’s 36-year history
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