- Became the first batsman, when on 27, to surpass 14, 000 runs in Test cricket in what was his 171st match.- His 49th Test century, scored a day earlier, was also his 11th against Australia. That put him second on the all time list behind Jack Hobbs. It was also his first century at the Chinnaswamy in 12 years -- after his 177 against Australia in 1998.
- When on 116, he also completed 3000 Test runs against Australia, thereby becoming only the third batsman -- after Hobbs (3636) and David Gower (3269) to achieve the feat.
- When he went past 150 for the 20th time in Tests, he surpassed Brian Lara's record of 19 150-plus scores. It was also his sixth score of 150-plus against Australia, going past Wally Hammond and Lara who have five each.
- In scoring his sixth double, he joined Virender Sehwag as the Indians with the most double hundreds in Tests.
- Amidst all these, Tendulkar also became the highest scorer at the M Chinnaswamy stadium -- with 772 runs in eight Tests.
- And he remains the batsman with most runs in 2010 -- 1217 runs in nine Tests