In the second final of Commonwealth Bank Series, Sachin Tendulkar [Images] broke a world record that almost went unnoticed.

When his score reached 9, Tendulkar became only the second batsman after Sir Don Bradman to make 5000 or more runs against a particular opponent in all forms of international cricket (Tests, ODIs and T20 internationals).

• Tendulkar is No 1 ODI batsman again

On 38, he broke Sir Don's world record of 5028 runs against England [Images]. Now Tendulkar has 5082 runs against Australia in all international cricket.

Sir Don Bradman had scored all the runs in Test matches. No one can come close to this record, not even Tendulkar. But, in all international matches, Tendulkar is now the 'Don'.

Batsman	Opponent	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar (Ind)	Australia	85	107	6	5082	241*	50.31	17	23	6
DG Bradman (Aus)	England	37	63	7	5028	334	89.78	19	12	6
AR Border (Aus)	England	90	124	25	4850	200*	48.98	8	30	4
BC Lara (WI)	Australia	82	108	5	4714	277	45.76	12	26	9
DL Haynes (WI)	Australia	97	123	14	4495	148	41.23	11	27	4
IVA Richards (WI)	England	72	84	10	4488	291	60.64	11	26	4
IVA Richards (WI)	Australia	88	104	10	4453	208	47.37	8	34	6
DI Gower (Eng)	Australia	74	108	7	4063	215	40.22	11	15	4
GA Gooch (Eng)	Australia	74	110	1	4027	196	36.94	8	25	5

[Acknowledgement: Rediff reader Ishaq Khan]