Absolutely. I am sorry to say, but Sachin plays for the records. Mark Waugh is absolutely right in saying that sub continental players play for records. Contrast the 2 situations: Tendulkar's reaction when Dravid declared the innings when Tendulakr was close to a double century in a test match in Pakistan. vs Mark Taylor declaring the Australian innings when he was quite close to Sober's highest individual score records in a Peshawar test match.