Tendulkar falls short of Test record

The India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has fallen 14 runs short of Brian Lara's Test scoring world record as India salvaged an unlikely draw in the first Test.

India's Sachin Tendulkar walks back towards the pavilion on the final day of their first Test against Australia in Bangalore. His score of 49 leaves him 14 runs behind Brian Lara's Test runs record.

BANGALORE // The India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has fallen 14 runs short of Brian Lara's Test scoring world record but played a key part in helping India draw the first match of the four-Test series against Australia. India needed a ground-record fourth-innings score of 299 for an unlikely victory and had 177 for 4 when bad light ended the match 10 overs early. The Australian bowler Cameron White claimed the prized scalp of Tendulkar for 49 for his maiden Test wicket. However, Tendulkar, nicknamed "Little Master", will get another chance at cracking Lara's record in the second Test in Mohali, which begins on 17th Oct. Tendulkar was out for 49 as India slipped to 138 for four chasing an unlikely 299 for victory in the last session of the first Test at Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The West Indies legend Lara, who retired after leading his side at the 2007 World Cup, scored his 11,953 runs from 131 Tests with 34 centuries and 48 half centuries. Tendulkar made his India debut in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi and has accumulated 11,939 with 39 centuries and 49 half centuries in 151 Tests. Tendulkar holds the record for the most One Day International runs with 16,361. *AP