(MENAFN- NewsBytes) On this day in 2007, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar became the first-ever batsman to score 15,000 runs in One-Day Internationals.
The legend reached the historic landmark in the second ODI against South Africa at Belfast.
Although he missed out on a hundred, Team India won the match by six wickets in a rather one-sided contest.
Here is how the match panned out.
In this article South Africa settled for 226/6 after 50 overs India chased the total with five balls to spare History scripted by the Little Master A look at Tendulkar's ODI career Tendulkar ruled the format despite stumbling initially South Africa South Africa settled for 226/6 after 50 overs The Proteas were in trouble straight up, after India put them to bat.
Marquee players AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis departed early on, as the scoreboard read 7/2.
However, Morne van Wyk's 126-ball 82 shifted the momentum to an extent.
The likes of JP Duminy (40) and Mark Boucher (55*) later propelled them to 226/6 at the end of the innings.
Team India India chased the total with five balls to spare
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