Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, popular as Sachin Tendulkar, is one of the most famous cricketer’s in the Indian team. Apart from that, in the history of this sport, he is among the greatest batsmen. Tendulkar is leading the list of century makers as well as the maximum run scorers in the One Day International (O.D.I.) cricket matches and the Test cricket matches. Sachin is even the first and sole player in the history of Test cricket matches, who made 50 centuries. He is a right handed batsman. His bowling style includes right arm leg spin, medium pace and off spin though.

Early Life of Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin was born on 24th April 1973 to a Marathi novelist, Mr. Ramesh Tendulkar and an insurance professional Mrs. Rajni Tendulkar; he was nicknamed as Tendlya and Little Master. He did his schooling from the Sharadashram Vidyamandir High School. While in school, Sachin attended the M.R.F. Pace Foundation so as to train himself to be a fast bowler. However, as per the suggestion of Dennis Lillee, the fast bowler from Australia, he concentrated on batting. As a child, he used to practice for a long stretch of time. At the age of 14 years, he served in the Cricket World Cup of 1987 as a ball boy in the Wankhede Stadium.

Personal Life of Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar is married to Anjali Mehta, who apart from being a pediatrician is the daughter of Mr. Anand Mehta, an industrialist from the state of Gujarat. The couple has two children named Sara and Arjun. Sachin, by nature, is a religious person. He is even known to be socially responsible by sponsoring 200 deprived children per year through a N. G. O. of Mumbai called Apnalaya that is associated with Mrs. Annabel Mehta, his mother-in-law cum a social worker. In 2012, Sachin was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

Cricket Career of Sachin Tendulkar

The cricketing career of Tendulkar began during his school days under the coaching and guidance of his mentor Mr. Ramakant Achrekar. However, the actual career of this world famous cricketer began at the age of 13 years, when he made cricket debut in the Cricket Club of India’s club cricket. The date of 11th December, 1988 is marked as the date when 100 not out were scored by him in a first class cricket match between Mumbai and Gujarat. Starting from there, Sachin played innumerable cricket matches of national as well as international level.

On 5th December 2012, Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to cross the 34,000 run aggregate in all formats of Cricket put together. He had played total 657 matches in international cricket. His much awaited 100th century milestone was achieved on 16th March 2012 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup, putting an end to the speculations that he no longer has it in him. On 23rd December 2012, Sachin Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODI Cricket. He also stated that he will not be playing in T20 Internationals.

Following are some of the major cricket teams that he played for:

• Indian Cricket Team
• A. C. C. Asian XI
• Mumbai cricket teams
• Mumbai Indians
• Yorkshire cricket team

The below mentioned table provides some basic information about his cricket career till date:

Competition	Test	ODI
Year of Debut	1989	1989
Matches	194	463
Runs scored	15,645	18,426
Batting average	54.32	44.83
100s / 50s	51/66	49/96
Top score	248*	200*
Balls bowled	4,174	8,032
Wickets	45	154
Bowling average	54.64	44.32
5 wickets in innings	0	2
Best bowling	10-Mar	May-32
Catches / stumpings	114/–	140/–

Awards and Recognitions of Sachin Tendulkar

Let us have a quick look at some of the best awards and appreciations, which this well known Indian cricketer is being honored with in his entire cricket career:

• Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award, 11th June 2012.
• Honorary Member of the Order of Australia by the Australian government on 6th November 2012.
• "Cricketer of the Year" in the I.C.C. Award, 2010.
• The Asian Awards for the "Peoples Choice" as well as the "Exceptional Achievement in Sports" in the month of October, 2010 in London.
• The "B.C.C.I. Cricketer of the Year" Award on 31st May of 2011.
• The "Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year" Award on 28th January in the year 2011.
• Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, 2008
• I. C. C. World O. D. I. XI in 2004 and 2007.
• "Rajiv Gandhi Award" in the sports category in 2005.
• "Player of the Tournament" in the Cricket World Cup of 2003.
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award in 2001
• Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, 1999.
• Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports, 1997–1998.
• Wisden "Cricketer of the Year" in 1997.
• The "Arjuna Award" for his "Outstanding Sports’ Achievement" in 1994.

Sachin Tendulkar International Centuries

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