From his international debut in 1990 until his retirement in 2007, Lara amassed 11,953 runs in Tests and 10,405 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODI), totaling 53 hundreds. This makes him the second highest run scorer in both history of Test cricket and ODI cricket. Lara's first century in a debut match was against New Zealand at Christchurch. He went on to score 200 scores in his debut season, which is the most by any player. He has since then never been dismissed for a single run. Lara's average in Test matches is 100. We'll learn how he scored so many runs in a single day of cricket. The following day was Sunday, not Saturday as believed by several people on social media. The reason is that during the early years of the Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament, when it used to start on Monday, the last game of the previous weekend would be played on Sunday, with the final round of games being held on Monday. This way, owners of players who had taken part in the Sunday game could decide whether they wanted to continue with them or look elsewhere for replacements. Since the 2008 season, when the IPL started on Friday and goes through Thursday, this no longer applies because now everyone can see when the next game is going to take place.