Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar aged about 38 in 2011.
Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (age 40) Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Nickname	Tendlya, Little Master,God of Cricket
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin,off spin,medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	22 March 2013 v Australia
ODI debut(cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	18 March 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	10
Only T20I (cap 11)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988	Cricket Club of India
1988–present	Mumbai Cricket Team
1992	Yorkshire
2008–present	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	198	463	302	551
Runs scored	15,837	18,426	24,896	21,999
Batting Average	53.86	44.83	57.89	45.54
100s/50s	51/67	49/96	80/113	60/114
Top score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Balls bowled	4,198	8,032	7,551	10,230
Wickets	45	154	70	201
Bowling Average	54.69	44.32	62.15	42.17
5WI	0	2	0	2
10WM	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches	115	140	184	175
Source: Espn Cricinfo, 26 April,2013

Sachin Tendulkar (born on 24 April,1973) is a right handed batsman who played ODIs for India and recently retired from ODI, but still plays tests, he is considered the 3^rd best batsman of all time just behind Don Bradman. Tendulkar has the most successful ODI career for batsman. In 2002 The Wisden ranked him 2nd in test behind Bradman and in ODI 2nd behind Viv Richards. He has represented India in over six ICC World Cup and was named man of the series in 2003 ICC World Cup in which India lost in the final. Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers reward.He is also a member of Raj Sabhya.On 6th November 2012 he won order of australia award becoming first Indian to win it.

On 5th Dec 2012 he become the first person to score over 35,000 runs in all his Test,FC,LA and ODI cricket together.

He also won Padma Vibhushan Award and Rajiv Ghandi Kel Ratna award,On 23rd December he announced his ODI retirement,but he will still play tests.

Tendulkar stated he will not play T20 Internationals,but he still plays domestic T20.

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Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born: 24 April, 1973

Place of Birth: Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Nickname: God of Cricket, Little Master, Master Blaster

Nationality: Indian

Father's Name: Late Ramesh Tendulkar

Mother's Name: Rajni Tendulkar

Siblings: Nitin Tendulkar, Ajit Tendulkar, Savita Tendulkar

Spouse Name: Anjali Tendulkar

Marriage Date: 24 May, 1995

Children: Sara and Arjun Tendulkar

Role: Batsman

Batting: Right-handed

Bowling: Right-arm medium, leg break, off-break

ODI Debut: 18 December, 1989 vs. Pakistan

Test Debut: 15 November, 1989 vs. Pakistan

Favourite Food: Bombay Duck, Prawn Curry, Crab masala, Keema Paratha, Lassi, Chingri Prawns, Mutton Biryani, Mutton Curry, Baigan Bharta etc.

Favourite Actor (s): Amitabh Bachan, Aamir Khan, Nana Patekar

Favourite Actress: Madhuri Dixit

Favourite Colour: Blue

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Sachin Tendulkar was born to a brahmin family on 24 April, 1973 in Dadar, Mumbai. That is he belongs to renowned Saraswat Brahmin Family. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a Marathi poet and novelist. His mother was Rajni who worked in the insurance industry. He has two half-brothers namely Nitin and Ajit and one half-sister Savita. His formative years were spent in the "Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society" in Bandra (East). He did his schooling from the Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School. In the school days, he attended the M.R.F.Pace Foundation to train himself to be a fast bowler. But as per the suggestion of Dennis Lillee, the fast bowler from Australia, he concentrated on batting. Sachin Tendulkar also likes playing tennis. At the age of 14, he scored 326 out of a world-record stand of 664 in a school match and became famous in Bombay schoolboys.

Let us tell you that it was Sachin's elder brother, Ajit, who recognised his cricketing ability and introduced him to Cricket in 1984. He took Sachin to Ramakant Achrekars academy at Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai. He was impressed by Sachin and advised him to shift his schooling to Sharadashram Vidyamandir English High School in Dadar. Sachin went to his aunt's home which was nearer to the school in Dadar and took admission in the school. His career was shaped by the efforts and guidance of his coach Ramakant Achrekar. Do you know that the Dronacharya award-winning Guru was passed away on 2 January, 2019, in Mumbai?

Do you know that the career of world-famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar began at the age of 13 years when he made his cricket debut in the Cricket Club of India? On 11 December, 1988 in a first-class cricket match between Mumbai and Gujarat, Sachin scored 100 not out. Starting from here, he played several cricket matches at the national as well as international level.

In the 2011 World Cup Victory, he became the highest run-scorer with 482 runs at an average of 53.55 in the tournament and he could not stop his tears after this victory.

Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of Cricket on 5 December, 2012. In an international cricket approx. he played a total of 657 matches. On 16th March, 2012, his much-awaited 100th-century milestone was achieved against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup. Sachin announced his retirement on 23rd December, 2012 from ODI Cricket. He also stated that he will not be playing in T20 Internationals.

Major Cricket teams he played for: Indian Cricket Team, A.C.C. Asian XI, Mumbai Cricket teams, Mumbai Indians and Yorkshire Cricket team.

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