He reached this important milestone when he took three runs just after tea break on the first day of the second Test match against Australia on Friday.Tendulkar performed this feat in his 152nd Test and 247th innings when he broke retired West Indies captain Brian Lara's record of 11,953 Test runs to set a fourth world record in his illustrious career.Tendulkar is already the top scorer in one-day internationals (16,361 runs) and has the highest number of centuries in Test (39) and one-day international (42) cricket.The middle-order batsman, 35, reached the latest landmark in the first over after tea when he steered debutant paceman Peter Siddle past third-man for three runs to move past 15.His nearest rivals still playing Tests are compatriot Rahul Dravid (10,341 runs) and Australian captain Ricky Ponting (10,239).The record came just when Tendulkar was under pressure to deliver after a rare failure in the recent Test series in Sri Lanka where he scored only 95 runs in six innings.
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