Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar added yet another chapter in the record books when he became the first batsman in the history of one-day international cricket to score over 12,000 runs.

Needing 83 runs to achieve the feat, he drove Shahid Afridi for a boundary to take his score to 85 in India's Pool A match against Pakistan at Centurion Saturday.

The milestone came in Tendulkar's 309th match.

However, he missed his 35th century by a whisker, failing to keep down a 150kmph delivery from Shoaib Akhtar to be caught at point by Younis Khan for 98. Tendulkar has 34 hundreds and 12,015 runs.

A century today could have taken him past Mark Waugh of Australia in World Cup's leading century-makers list. Both players have scored four hundreds each in World Cups.

Sunday's score was his highest against Pakistan in a World Cup match. His previous best was 54 not out in Sydney, 1992.