NEW DELHI : Sachin Tendulkar of India on Tuesday became the first batsman
in history to score 15,000 Test runs even as he moved towards his 100th
international century.Tendulkar, 38, achieved the feat when
he reached 28 on the third day of the first Test against the West
Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.Tendulkar was unbeaten on 33 and Rahul Dravid was on 30 as India, set a victory target of 276, reached 152-2 by stumps.The
Mumbai batsman, playing his 182nd Test match, already holds the world
record for most runs and centuries in both Test and one-day cricket.Tendulkar
needs one more three-figure knock to become the first batsman to score
100 international hundreds. He has 51 Test and 48 one-day centuries so
far.
