India's Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket. About how many Test runs did he score in his career?
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About 16,000 runs
His Test career lasted 24 years. He made his debut at 16 and played his 200th and final Test in his home city of Mumbai in 2013.
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Multiply matches by runs per match. His career lasted 24 years at about 8 Tests a year, close to 200 matches. An all-time great averages in the mid 50s per innings and bats about 1.6 times per Test, since second innings are not always needed: 54 × 1.6 = 86 runs per match. 200 × 86 = 17,200. His actual total was 15,921, about 16,000 runs.
Source: International Cricket Council; ESPNcricinfo
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