Sachin Tendulkar

When 16 years old Sachin entered the world of cricket against Pakistan.
Sachin Tendulkar profile :
Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
• Father’s name : Ramesh Tendulkar

• Mother’s name : Rajni Tendulkar
• Sachin Tendulkar birthday : April 24, 1973 , Bombay (now Mumbai)
• Current age 36 years 150 days (as on 21 Sep 2009 )
• Major teams: India , Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
• Nickname: Tendlya, Little Master, Master Blaster
• Batting style: Right-hand bat
• Bowling style : Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly
• Sachin Tendulkar height : 5 ft 5 in
• Education: Sharadashram Vidyamandir School
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national holiday on Sachin Tendulkar birthday, after he retires from Cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar
Profile
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24, 1973, Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Major teams: India, Mumbai,
Yorkshire
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Slow medium pace and
spin
Achievements:
• Most runs and most centuries in ODIs
• Highest number of Test centuries
• First cricketer to make 10,000 runs in ODIs
• Most runs in World Cup history
• Highest individual score by an Indian (186 not out)
• Most Man of the Man awards in ODIs
• Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 1997-98
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, generally known as Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian Cricket player who
is considered to be one of the all time greatest batsmen to have ever played the game of Cricket.
The renowned Cricket magazine Wisden ranked Sachin Tendulkar the 2nd all time greatest Test
Cricket batsman, only after Sir Donald Bradman at the 1st place in the year 2002. Also, the
magazine ranked him the 2nd all time greatest ODI batsman after Viv Richards at the first spot.
Accolades
Shane Warne, the leg spinner from Australia had once remarked Sachin Tendulkar as the greatest
player he has played with, and Tendulkar, also known as the Little Master has also to his credit
the honor of being the only player of the current generation who was included by Sir Donald
Bradman in his dream team named Bradman’s Eleven.
Sachin Tendulkar is the batsman to have scored the biggest number of runs both in Test Cricket
and ODI Cricket the world over, and has also to his credit the biggest number of centuries in
both the forms of the game. He has scored over 80 centuries in the game of Cricket till now, and
is the first batsman ever to score more than 50 centuries.
He is the first Cricket player who has scored over 10,000 runs in the One Day International
(ODI) Cricket. Sachin has been conferred upon the Padma Vibhushan award and Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna award for his services to the nation as a sportsperson.
Early Life
Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th of April, 1973 in Mumbai to a Marathi Novelist, Ramesh
Tendulkar. Sachin got inspired to play cricket from his elder brother Ajit, and started playing the
game at an early age in his school, Sharadashram Vidya Mandir. Under the guidance of his
coach, Ramakant Achrekar, he learnt the basics of the game and showed his prowess along with
his school mate and another future batsman of the Indian team, Vinod Kambli.
Test and ODI Debut

Sachin Tendulkar made his Test Cricket debut with a Test match played against Pakistan in
Karachi in the year 1989, in which he scored 15 runs before being bowled out by Waqar Younis,
a yet another Cricketer who debuted with this match. He began his ODI Cricket career in a match
against Pakistan played on 18th of December 1989 at Gujranwala, Pakistan. He could, though,
not make a single run in this match and just after facing 2 balls was caught by Wasim Akram on
a Waqar Younis ball.
Remarkable Achievements
Tendulkar has shown some of his best batting performances against the Cricket team of
Australia, one of the strongest teams during his period. As a matter of fact, the legendry Sir
Donald Bradman had at one time reportedly told her wife that the playing style of Sachin
reminded him of his own game in his youth.
Sachin has always created new records and destroyed innumerable of them that had been already
established. At the age of 17 years he scored his first Test century, and by the age of 25 he had
scored 16 of them. At the moment he is the Cricketer with largest number of Test and ODI
centuries to his credit, and outclassed Brian Lara as the biggest Test scorer in the year 2008.
Captaincy
Twice in his Cricket career, Sachin had been nominated the Captain of the Indian Cricket team,
but none of them proved to be much successful. Also, the pressure of Captaincy took a toll upon
his performance as a batsman.
Overall Performance
In his overall Test Career till April 2009, Sachin Tendulkar has played 159 Test matches and has
scored 12773 runs in them, including 42 centuries and 53 half-centuries, with an average of
54.58 runs and a highest score of 248 Not Out. In these matches, he also grabbed 44 wickets
giving away 2272 runs at an average of 51.63 runs.
In his One Day International (ODI) Cricket career, however, Sachin has played 425 matches till
April 2009, and scored 16684 runs including 43 centuries and 91 half-centuries, with an average
of 44.37 runs and a highest score of 186 Not Out.
Awards and Recognitions

For his great capabilities as a Cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has been bestowed upon the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of
India. The Cricket magazine Wisden named him the Cricketer of the year in 1997, and according
to Wisden 100, he is the 2nd Best Test Batsman and the Best ODI Bestman of all times.

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When 16 years old Sachin entered the world of cricket against Pakistan.

Sachin Tendulkar profile :

Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

• Father’s name : Ramesh Tendulkar

Test and ODI Debut

Awards and Recognitions

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