Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

Master Blaster! Second greatest ODI and Test cricketer ever! Leading Test century scorer! Leading ODI century scorer! The list of records and titles is longer than this cricketer himself who is probably the brightest star in present cricket arena of the world. Born on April 24, 1973, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a cricketer beyond comparison. Son of a writer, Ramesh Tendulkar, he was named after the famous singer of the time, Sachin Dev Burman. Student of the Shradhashram Vidyamandir School, he took cricket coaching along with friend Vinod Kambli from Ramakant Achrekar.

Tendulkar was only 16 when he made his Test debut. He was hit on the mouth by Waqar Younis but continued to bat, in a blood-soaked shirt. His first Test hundred came when he was 17, and he had 16 Test hundreds before he turned 25.

In the year 2000, he became the first batsman to have scored 50 international hundreds, and in 2008 he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer and the first to make 12,000 runs. He currently holds the record for most hundreds in both Tests and ODIs.

In the year 2009, Tendulkar completed twenty years in International cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar has also received prestigious awards like Padma Vibhushan (2008), Rajiv Gandhi Award - Sports (2005), Padma Shri (1999), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (1997- 98) and Arjuna Award (1994) to name a few.