Sachin Tendulkar

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Sachin Tendulkar

Tendulkar at an awards event in January 2013

Personal information

Full name

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born

24 April 1973 (age 40)[1] Bombay, Maharashtra, India

Nickname

Tendlya, God of Cricket,[2][3] Little Master,[1] Master Blaster[4][5]

Height

5 ft 5 in (165 cm)

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm medium, leg break, off break

Role

Batsman

International information

National side

India

Test debut(cap 187) Last Test ODI debut(cap 74) Last ODI ODI shirt no. Only T20I(cap 11)

15 November 1989 v Pakistan 14 November 2013 v West Indies 18 December 1989 v Pakistan 18 March 2012 v Pakistan 10 1 December 2006 v South Africa Domestic team information

Years 1988 19882013 1992 20082013 Cricket Club of India Mumbai Yorkshire Mumbai Indians

Team

Career statistics
Competition Matches Runs scored Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings

Test 200

ODI 463

FC 310

LA 551

15,921 18,426 25,396 21,999 53.79 44.83 57.92 45.54 51/68 248* 4,240 46 54.17 0 0 3/10 115/ 49/96 200* 8,054 154 44.48 2 n/a 5/32 140/ 81/116 60/114 248* 200* 7,563 71 62.18 0 0 3/10 186/ 10,230 201 42.17 2 n/a 5/32 175/
Source: Cricinfo, 15 November 2013

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (

/stn tndulkr/; born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian cricketer widely

acknowledged as the greatest batsman of the modern generation, popularly holds the title "God of Cricket" among his fans.[2] Some commentators, such as former West Indian batsman Brian Lara, have labelled Tendulkar the greatest cricketer of all time.[6][7][8][9] He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made hisTest debut against Pakistan at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a Double Century in a One Day International, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.[10] In October 2013, he became the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognised cricket (First-class, List A and Twenty20 combined).[11][12][13] In 2002, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[14] Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.[15] He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[16][17][18] Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.[19][20] With the scientist C. N. R. Rao, he was conferred the award on 4 February 2014 by President Pranab Mukherjee in a special ceremony in the Durbar Hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.[21][22] He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[23] In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[24] He was also the first sportsperson (and the first without an aviation background) to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.[25] In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.[26] In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.[27] He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013[28] and subsequently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, [29] retiring on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test match, against theWest Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.[30][31] Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs. [10]
Contents
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1 Early years

2 Early domestic career

2.1 Yorkshire

3 International career

o o o o o o o o o o o o

3.1 Early career 3.2 Rise through the ranks 3.3 Captaincy 3.4 Injuries and decline amid surpassing Bradman's haul 3.5 Return to old form and consistency 3.6 2007/08 tour of Australia 3.7 Home series against South Africa 3.8 Sri Lanka Series 3.9 Return to form and breaking the record 3.10 ODI and Test Series against England 3.11 20092010 3.12 2011 World Cup and after

3.12.1 100th international century 3.12.2 Return To Ranji Trophy

3.13 Retirement

4 Indian Premier League and Champions League 5 Style of play 6 Fan following 7 Career achievements

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7.1 National honours 7.2 Other honours

8 Controversies

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8.1 Mike Denness incident 8.2 Ferrari import tax

9 Personal life

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9.1 Family 9.2 Beliefs 9.3 Business interests 9.4 Commercial endorsements 9.5 Nominated to Rajya Sabha

9.6 Philanthropy

10 Biographies 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links

Early years