03 August, 2010 - Published 11:12 GMT

Tendulkar sets new world record

The Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has become the most capped player in Test history when he took the field against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

It was his one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth Test, overtaking the previous record set by former Australian captain Steve Waugh.

Tendulkar already holds world records for the most Test centuries and the most Test runs.