Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[5][6][7] In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time next only to Sir Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time next only to Sir Viv Richards.[8] The list was later revised to make him the greatest one-day international (ODI) batsman of all time.
Sachin Tendulkar – Indian Cricket Player
Also known as:

Sachin, Tondulkar, Tendulkar, Tendlya, Master Blaster, Run Machine, Little Master

Table of Contents
Biography :: Personal Information :: Career :: Photos :: Wallpapers :: Awards :: Nominations :: Others

Birth Name                            Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth                         April 24, 1973
Nationality                            Indian


SACHIN TENDULKAR - PERSONAL INFORMATION
Height                 5'5"
Sex                     Male
Birth Place         Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Languages          English, Hindi, Marathi
Education          Sharadashram Vidyamandir School, Mumbai, India



Family

Father

Ramesh Tendulkar(Marathi Novelist, named his son after his favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman)

Mother

Rajini

Brother

Ajit Tendulkar

Nitin Tendulkar

Sister

Savitai Tendulkar

Wife

Anjali Tendulkar(Paediatrician, daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta)

Son

Sara(born 12 October 1997)

Arjun(born 23 September, 2000)

Nephew

Rohan Tendulkar( Nitin Tendulkar’s son, born in 1990, is a cricketer and represents Mumbai in junior cricket tournaments)

SACHIN TENDULKAR - BIOGRAPHY
Sachin Tendulkar is recognized as one of the world's greatest cricket players and is referred to as "The Little Master" of cricket.

Elevated to God-like status in India, Tendulkar is a dominant force in cricket -- an all-star who can control the popular game like none other.

Tendulkar is so revered that his success story has been made a textbook lesson in Indian schools so that the students can draw inspiration from him.

Born in Mumbai (the former Bombay), India on April 24, 1973, Sachin Tendulkar grew up in a middle-class family. He started his cricketing career at Sharadashram Vidyamandir School, and after showing immediate talent as a batsman, was groomed for international competition.


Sir Don Bradman had said that Sachin plays the way he used to in his prime. Sunny Gavaskar believes Sachin was the best player in Bombay when he was just thirteen and hadn't played a single domestic match. Shane Warne feels that the little man is better than world record holder Brian Lara as he has absolutely no weakness. Greg Chappel feels that Sachin doesn't need a bat out in the middle; a single stump would be more than enough. The entire cricket world is convinced of one thing : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is the world's best batsman. Not just for his extraordinary skill, not just for his ability to tear even the most formidable of bowling attacks to shreds; but also for a rare never-say-die spirit, an insatiable hunger for runs and victory, a desire to dominate the opponent ; commitment, dedication ... these are what the little champion has built his reputation on. As Aussie Mark Waugh, another champion batsman, points out "His aggression, his knowledge of his abilities and limitations and his awareness of what the opposition bowlers are capable of are what make him remarkable. He always tries to control and dominate and this makes him an extremely dangerous player when he gets going."

During his debut first-class match as a player for Bombay, Tendulkar scored a century (100 runs in a match); at age 15, he became the youngest player to ever accomplish this. In his first few matches as a player for India, Tendulkar was unremarkable, scoring handfuls of runs, but failing to make an outstanding mark.

It was during a tour of Australia in 1991 and 1992 that Tendulkar made his mark, dominating games and emerging as India's best batsman. At a game in Perth during the tour, Tendulkar scored 114 runs during one of his most famous innings. His legend grew as he played impressively against other cricket stalwarts in the West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan.

In 1997, he scored 1,000 test runs for the first time in his career and earned a Cricketer of the Year Award. He would regain the award in 1999, 2001 and 2002, cultivating his status as the country's best cricketer with his impressive batting, inning after inning.

Since his international debut in 1989, Tendulkar has amassed some impressive statistics, including the fourth-highest test cricket run tally, the highest batting average for a player with over 8,500 test runs, and the most runs and centuries in one-day international matches.

Always putting on his greatest performances during the most highly touted matches, Tendulkar (nicknamed "The Little Master") is an undisputed superstar. His consistent dominance has made him as revered in India as Michael Jordan is in the U.S. -- if not more. Though his flamboyant style during matches has slowed somewhat with time, this down-to-earth athlete continues to be the game's biggest draw.

SACHIN TENDULKAR - CAREER HIGHLIGHTS, RECORDS, ACHIEVEMENTS
· On his Test debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the third youngest debutant (16y 205d). Mushtaq Mohammad (15y 124d) and Aaqib Javed (16y 189d) debuted in ODI matches younger than Tendulkar. Since then, there has been 2 players who were younger than Sachin on their Test Cricket debut: Hasan Raza - Pakistan (14y 227d), the current youngest debutant, and Mohammad Sharif - Bangladesh (15y 128d)

· Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances) and is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar

· Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches

· Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259.

· Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings

· On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home. Tendulkar achieved this in 75 away Test matches while Lara had scored his runs in 66 away Tests.

· Career Average 55.19 - the highest average among those who have scored over 10,000 Test runs. Also the highest among those who have scored above 11,000 runs.

· Tendulkar has 4 seasons with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs). Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs. Only Hayden and Lara have five seasons with 1000+ runs in International cricket.

· Tendulkar is only the third batsman in the history of Test cricket to go past the 11,000-run tally (currently 11,115), after Brian Lara and Allan Border.

· Centuries:

· Highest number of Test centuries (37), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34) on 10 December 2005 vs Sri Lanka in Delhi. Brian Lara has also scored 34 Test Centuries

· When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mushtaq Mohammad had scored a century at a younger age by 1990. Tendulkar's record was bettered by Mohammad Ashraful in 2001/02 season. The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.

· Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

· Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side. Gavaskar held the previous record (205 against West Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season)

· Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations. He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. The current list also includes Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist and Marvan Attapattu.

· Sachin's 37th ton against Bangladesh during the 2007 series 2nd Test, made history as the 1st time the top four batsman of any team had all scored centuries in a single innings. Dinesh Karthik made 129, Wasim Jaffer 138 and Rahul Dravid 129 were the other centurions.

· On his ODI match debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant. Only Aaqib Javed debuted in ODI matches younger than Sachin Tendulkar. Since then, there has been 4 players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza (Pakistan) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammad Sharif (Bangladesh), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Ramveer Rai (UAE)

· Most Runs: 15,051 Runs (as of 15th August, 2007). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 15,000 run mark. he reached this milestone with a stunning knock of 93 against South Africa to help win the match.

· First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000 and 15,000 ODI runs.

· Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999). The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches

· Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003

· After he became the first cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODI's. Only six other players have managed to also cross the milestone since then: (Sanath Jayasuriya, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, and Inzamam ul Haq). Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs

· Most centuries: 41

· Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 79 Fifties)(as 15th August of 2007)

· Fifties: 79. Inzamam-ul-Haq (83) is the only batsmen who has scored more Fifties. Rahul Dravid (79) is tied with Sachin.

· In ODI matches, Most Man of the Match Awards: 54 Man of the Match Awards

· In ODI matches, Most Man of the Series Awards: 14 Man of the Series Awards

· Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.

· Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

· Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 5,621 runs in 117 matches that includes 16 century partnerships and 21 fifty run partnerships. The 16 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.

· Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad

· Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Ricky Ponting

· Most runs (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20th Mar 2007) in World Cup Cricket History including 4 centuries & 13 fifties with a best score of 152* against Namibia in 2003 world cup

· 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup

· Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

· Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket. He has now scored 78 (37 in Tests, 41 in ODIs).

· Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30th June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.

· Tendulkar was the first overseas cricketer to play for Yorkshire CCC in 1993, in more than 100 years of the club's history.

· Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman in Test Cricket to be declared as run out by a third umpire (using television replays) in 1992 against South Africa in South Africa.

· During India's 1999-2000 tour to Australia, he was declared out LBW after ducking and being hit by bouncer that kept low by umpire Daryl Hair, which lead commentators to coin the term "shoulder before wicket".

SACHIN TENDULKAR - ENDORSEMENTS
Pepsi, Canon, Airtel, Nazara Technologies, Reliance Communications, Britania, Home Trade, National Egg Coordination Committee (NECC), Boost, Sunfeast, Adidas, Action Shoes, Fiat Palio, Reynolds, ESPN Star Sports, TVS, Sanyo BPL, G Hanz, AIDS Awareness Campaign, Colgate, Visa, Philips, MRF

SACHIN TENDULKAR – MAJOR TEAMS REPRESENTED
· India

· Yorkshire

· ACC Asian XI

· Mumbai


SACHIN TENDULKAR – BATTING STYLE
Right-hand bat

SACHIN TENDULKAR – BOWLING STYLE
Legbreak googly

SACHIN TENDULKAR – FIELDING POSITIONS
Occasional Wicketkeeper

SACHIN TENDULKAR – TEST CRICKET DEBUT
Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989

SACHIN TENDULKAR – ODI CRICKET DEBUT
Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989

SACHIN TENDULKAR – TWENTY20 CRICKET DEBUT
South Africa v India at Johannesburg - Dec 1, 2006

SACHIN TENDULKAR – SOCIAL COMMITMENTS
Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO (Sachin sponsers 200 under privileged children every year)

SACHIN TENDULKAR – AWARDS
Year
Award Description
1994

Arjuna Award

1997

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997

1998

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

1999

Padma Sri

2003

Voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News

2006

Time magazine named him as one of the Asian Heroes

SACHIN TENDULKAR – TEST CRICKET AWARDS : MAN OF THE SERIES

Season

Opponent

Match Performance

1997-98

Border-Gavaskar Trophy (Australia in India Test Series)

446 (3 Matches, 5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 13.2-1-48-1; 2 Catches

2001-02

England in India Test Series

307 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 17-3-50-1; 4 Catches

2007

India in Bangladesh Test Series

254 Runs (3 Innings, 2x100, 0x50); 6.3-1-35-2; 2 Catches

SACHIN TENDULKAR – TEST CRICKET AWARDS : MAN OF THE MATCH

Season

Opponent

Venue

Match Performance

1990

England

Old Trafford, Manchester

1st Innings: 68 (8x4); 2 Catches
2nd Innings: 119 (17x4)

1992/93

England

Chepauk, Chennai

1st Innings: 165 (24x4, 1x6); 2-1-5-0
2nd Innings: 2 Catches; 2-1-4-0

1995/96

New Zealand

Chepauk, Chennai

1st Innings: 52 (5x4)

1997/98

Australia

Chepauk, Chennai

1st Innings: 4 (1x4); 1 Catch
2nd Innings: 155 (14x4, 4x6)

1998/99

Pakistan

Chepauk, Chennai

1st Innings: 0; 3-0-10-1
2nd Innings: 136 (18x4); 7-1-35-2

1999/00

New Zealand

Motera, Ahmedabad

1st Innings: 217 (29x4)
2nd Innings: 15 (3x4); 5-2-19-0

1999/00

Australia

MCG, Melbourne

1st Innings: 116 (9x4, 1x6)
2nd Innings: 52 (4x4)

1999/00

South Africa

Wankhede, Mumbai

1st Innings: 97 (12x4, 2x6); 5-1-10-3
2nd Innings: 8 (2x4); 1-0-4-0

2002/03

West Indies

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

1st Innings: 36 (7x4); 7-0-33-0
2nd Innings: 176 (26x4)

SACHIN TENDULKAR – ODI CRICKET AWARDS: MAN OF THE SERIES
Season

Series (Opponents)

Series Performance

1994

Singer Series (Australia, Sri Lanka)[6]

136 (4 Matches & 3 Innings, 1x100)

1994/95

Wills World Series (West Indies, South Africa)

285 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 39-4-155-8; 1 Catch

1994/95

West Indies in India ODI Tour

246 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 16-0-93-1; 1 Catch

1997/98

Silver Jubliee Independence Cup (Bangladesh, Pakistan)

258 Runs (5 Innings, 3x50); 23.3-0-148-5; 6 Catches

1997/98

Coca-Cola Cup (Australia, New Zealand)

435 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100, 1x50); 19-0-101-2

1998/99

India in Zimbabwe ODI Tour

158 Runs (3 Innings, 1x100); 6-0-41-0; 1 Catch

1998/99

Coca-Cola Championship (Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka)

274 Runs (5 Innings, 2x100); 14-0-51-2; 1 Catch

1999/00

South Africa in India ODI Tour

274 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 49-1-219-6; 1 Catch

2001

Coca-Cola Cup (West Indies, Zimbabwe)

282 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50); 4-0-25-0

2001/02

England in India ODI Tour

266 Runs (6 Innings, 2x50); 30.5-158-2; 3 Catches

2002/03

2003 Cricket World Cup

673 Runs (11 Innings, 1x100, 6x50); 18-0-77-2; 4 Catches

2003/04

TVS Cup (Australia, New Zealand)

466 Runs (7 Innings, 2x100, 2x50); 21-0-125-1

2006/07

West Indies in India ODI Tour

191 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 23-0-112-4

2007

Future Cup (vs South Africa at Belfast)[7][8]

200 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 2x50)

SACHIN TENDULKAR – ODI CRICKET AWARDS: MAN OF THE MATCH
Opponent