On this day in 2009, Sachin Tendulkar touched the peak of 30,000 international runs

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.

Tendulkar's tally before that innings stood at 12,777 runs in Tests, 17,178 in ODIs and 10 in T20Is. He finished his career with 15,291 runs in 200 Tests, 18,426 runs in 463 ODIs and 10 runs in the only T20I he played. These included 100 international centuries, which also remains a world record.

The only batter who has come close to Tendulkar's record of 100 centuries is Virat Kohli, who has so far hit 80 hundreds. However, Kohli did manage to break Tendulkar's record of 49 ODI hundreds.

To date, Tendulkar remains the only cricketer in international cricket to surpass 30,000 runs. He retired on November 16 in 2013 with 34,357 international runs.

While the legend enjoys his life off the field, he remains a source of inspiration for millions and the generations to follow.