When he turns out against the Australians in the fifth ODI, Tendulkar will become only the second player after Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya to reach the landmark.

In fact, the two veterans have been progressing neck-and-neck with the left-hander pipping the Mumbaikar when he took the field against England at Dambulla in the ongoing one-day series.

Tendulkar is the most prolific one-day batsman in the history of the game with 15,563 runs in his 399 ODIs to date. He has a world record of 41 centuries in the format at an average of 44.21.

He has been also useful with the ball taking 152 wickets at an average of 44.

In comparison, Jayasuriya has 12,178 runs in 401 ODIs at an average of 32.73 with 25 hundreds.
A look at the 10 players with the highest number of ODIs to their name reveals that it has four Indians -- Tendulkar, Mohammad Azharuddin, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly -- three Sri Lankans and two Pakistanis.

Former Australian captain Steve Waugh is the only person in the list from outside the sub-continent with 325 matches.

Players who have played most number of ODIs:

Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave
Jayasuriya (SL)	401	12178	189	32.73	25	307	6/29	36.31
S Tendulkar(Ind)	399	15563	186*	44.21	41	152	5/32	44.00
Inzamam Haq (Pak)	378	11739	137*	39.52	10	3	1/0	21.33
W Akram (Pak)	356	3717	86	16.52	0	502	5/15	23.52
M Azharuddin(Ind)	334	9378	153*	36.92	7	12	3/19	39.91
R Dravid (Ind)	331	10578	153	39.76	12	4	2/43	42.50
S Waugh (Aus)	325	7569	120*	32.90	3	195	4/33	34.67
A de Silva (SL)	308	9284	145	34.90	11	106	4/30	39.40
S Ganguly (Ind)	304	11188	183	41.43	22	99	5/16	37.78
C Vaas (SL)	303	1917	50*	13.89	0	385	8/19	26.85