( CNN ) -- Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar created yet another piece of cricket history on Tuesday , becoming the first player to score 15,000 Test match runs . Tendulkar reached the milestone with a single on day three of the first Test between India and West Indies in Delhi . The right-hander , known as the `` Little Master '' , finished the day 33 not out on 15,005 career runs . After making his debut for India against Pakistan in November 1989 , Tendulkar became Test cricket 's leading run-scorer in 2008 when he surpassed West Indies ' batsman Brian Lara 's total of 11,953 . The 38-year-old will be hoping to pass another landmark figure in the final two days of the Delhi contest and become the first player to score 100 centuries in international cricket . The Mumbai native scored his 99th international 100 against South Africa at this year 's World Cup , which hosts India won for the second time in the tournament 's 36-year history . India finished day three on 152-2 , needing 124 runs to overhaul the West Indies ' two-innings total of 484 and clinch victory in the opening match of the three-Test series . Debutant Ravichandran Ashwin was the host 's star performer , taking six wickets for 47 runs to match the second-best performance from an Indian bowler in their debut Test match . India will resume on Wednesday with Tendulkar at the crease alongside Rahul Dravid , who is the second-highest run-scorer in the history on Test cricket on 12,859 . Meanwhile , another cricket legend announced his return to the sport on Tuesday , with former Australian spin-bowler Shane Warne coming out of retirement to play in the country 's Twenty20 league . Warne took 708 Test wickets during a 15-year career before initially retiring from cricket in 2007 , only to return to play for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League ( IPL ) in 2008 . Sri Lanka 's Muttiah Muralitharan is the only bowler to have taken more Test wickets than Warne with 800 . Warne will play for the Melbourne Stars in the eight-team Big Bash League which is set to get underway next month . `` This is something that I 'm passionate about , it 's something that I think is unique to Australian cricket , it 's city-based cricket teams , it 's something new and that 's what sort of enticed me , '' the 42-year-old told Cricket Australia 's website . `` More to get involved with Cricket Australia , to put something back into the game , to help out Whitey ( Stars captain Cameron White ) , Shippy ( Stars coach Greg Shipperd ) , all the young kids that are there to pass on my knowledge to them . '' The right-armer also denied his return to the game was motivated by money . `` It 's got nothing to do with money , '' insisted Warne . `` If it was something to do with money about me coming out to play cricket I 'd still be playing in the IPL . '' Stars president Eddie McGuire revealed the Melbourne Cricket Ground-based team had initially approached Warne to make two guest appearances for the side , before he agreed to play for the whole campaign . `` This was sincere , '' said McGuire . `` We were happy to pay the money for two games and we 're very happy to pay for the full eight ( matches ) . '' Warne will make his first appearance for Melbourne against Sydney Thunder on December 17 .
India 's Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricketer to score 15,000 Test runs . Tendulkar achieved the feat on day three of India 's Test match against West Indies . The 38-year-old will be hoping to score his 100th international century . Australian Shane Warne comes out of retirement to play Twenty20 for Melbourne Stars .