Overview
- Speaking on The Grade Cricketer YouTube channel on October 21, Hussey said he would probably be about 5,000 runs past Tendulkar, then immediately called it a dream.
- Hussey finished his international career with 12,398 runs across formats, including 22 centuries.
- He debuted for Australia at 28 after nearly 23,000 first-class runs and 61 centuries, a delay widely seen as limiting his international aggregates.
- Reports contextualized the remark by noting Tendulkar’s enduring benchmarks of 15,921 Test runs and 18,426 ODI runs.
- Coverage highlighted that Hussey outscored Tendulkar in T20Is (721 to 10) and that the lighthearted comment has gone viral without a formal response from Tendulkar.