On November 20 in 2009, Sachin Tendulkar's mountain of runs in international cricket touched the 30,000 mark -- making him the first batter in the history of the sport to reach the milestone.
In the Ahmedabad Test of Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, Tendulkar's 35th run in the home team's second innings took his tally of career runs to 30K. He made his start in that innings count and converted it into his 43rd Test century, staying unbeaten at 100 as the match ended in a draw.
