MASTER BLASTER SACHIN TENDULKAR

ABOUT SACHIN

                                  Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai, India. He went to Shradashram Vidyamandir, a high school in Mumbai, where he began his cricketing career under his coach Ramakant Achrekar. He attended the MRF Pace Foundation during his schooldays to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who saw him training, was not much impressed and suggested that Tendulkar should focus on his batting instead. As a young boy, Tendulkar would practice for hours at the net, and was driven hard by his coach Achrekar.

While at school, his extraordinary batting skills got noticed by the sports circuit. People felt that the young boy would soon become one of the greats in cricket. In the 1988 season, he scored a century in every inning that he played. In one of the inter school matches that year, he had an unbroken 664-run partnership with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli.

When he was 14, Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar a great Indian batsman of that time, gave him a pair of his own light pads. This touching gesture greatly encouraged the budding cricketer, who 20 years later broke Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries.
In 1988, when he was just under 16, he scored 100 not out in for Bombay against Gujrat. This was on his first-class debut. He then scored a century in his first appearance in the Deodhar and Duleep Trophy. Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar picked him up after seeing him batting Kapil Dev in the nets. That season he was Bombay’s highest run-getter. In the Irani Trophy final, He made an unbeaten century. He scored a century in all three of his Irani Trophy, Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy debuts, and became the first player to do so. He was selected for the tour of Pakistan next year.

At the very young age of 16, Sachin played his first Test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989. In this Test, he received several blows to his body at the hands of Waqar Younis, a pace bowler. He made just 15 runs. In the last test in Sialkot, he had a bloody nose from a bouncer, but he went on playing. He scored better in the subsequent games, scoring 53 runs of 18 balls at Peshawar.

In the 1990 Test in England he scored a century at Old Trafford. The English were highly impressed by his disciplined display of immense maturity. He played many types of strokes. His off-side shots from the back foot greatly impressed the English. Though short in height, he confidently faced short deliveries from the English pace bowlers. His great performance made him look the embodiment of Gavaskar, India’s former famous opener.

During the 1991-1992 tour of Australia Tendulkar scored and unbeaten 148 in Sydney and another century on a bouncing pitch a Perth.

At the age of 19, Tendulkar was in England, playing for Yorkshire in 1992. He scored 1070 runs at an average of 45.25 while playing for the English county as the first overseas player.

In the 2003 Cricket World Cup, he made 873 runs in 11 matches which enabled India reach the final. Although Australia won the trophy Tendulkar was given the Man of the Tournament award.

Shortly after this Tendulkar developed a tennis elbow and he was out of cricket for a while. But by 2005, he was back in form. He played well against Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

Tendulkar performed very well against Bangla Desh and he was adjudged the Man of the Series in the Future Cup against South Africa.

Today Tendulkar is a national icon to fans all over the world. He is the most worshipped cricketer in the world. Tendulkar has been granted the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Shri, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Vibhushan by the Indian government.

Personal Life

In 1995, Sachin married Anjali, a doctor and the daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara and Arjun. Tendulkar now sponsors 200 underprivileged children every year through a Mumbai-based NGO.

• ODI Records

  1. Most runs in career. (17598 runs)
  2. Most runs in an innings. (200* against South Africa)
  3. Most runs in a calender year. (1894 runs in 1998)
  4. Most runs against one team.(3005 runs against Australia)
  5. Only player to score 200 runs.
  6. Most Hundreds in career. (46 Hundreds)
  7. Most Hundreds in a calendar year. (9 Hundreds in 1998)
  8. Most Hundreds against one team. (9 Hundreds against Australia)
  9. Most 150+ runs in career.(5 150+ runs)
  10. Most Nineties in career. (18 Nineties)
  11. Most times dismissed on 99. (3 times)
  12. Most fifties in career. (93 Fifties)
  13. Most fours in career. (1927 fours)
  14. Most fours in an innings. (25 fours)
  15. Fast to 10000 runs. ( 259 Inns)
  16. Fast to 11000 runs. ( 276 Inns)
  17. Fast to 12000 runs. (300 Inns)
  18. Fast to 13000 runs. (321 Inns)
  19. Fast to 14000 runs. (350 Inns)
  20. Fast to 15000 runs. (377 Inns)
  21. Fast to 16000 runs. (399 Inns)
  22. Fast to 17000 runs. (435 Inns)
  23. Hundred runs and 4 wickets in a match. (141 & 4/38 against Australia in 1998)
  24. 10000+ runs, 100+ wickets and 100+ catches in career.
  25. Highest Partnership for any wicket. (331 runs with Rahul Dravid against New Zealand)
  26. Highest partnership for 2nd wicket. (331 runs with Rahul Dravid against New Zealand)
  27. Highest partnership for 3rd wicket. (237* runs with Rahul Dravid against Kenya)
  28. Highest overall partnership by a pair. (8227 runs with Sourav Ganguly)
  29. Highest overall partnership runs by openers. (6609 runs with Sourav Ganguly)
  30. Most Hundred partnerships by a pair. (26 Hundred Partnership with Sourav Ganguly)
  31. Most consecutive matches for a team. (185 matches)
  32. Most Player Of the Match awards. (61 Awards)
  33. Most Player of the Series awards. (15 Awards)²
  34. First who completed half centueries in centuries(51 centuries in test)
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  Test Records

  1. Most runs in career. (13341 runs)
  2. Most hundreds in career. (47 Hundreds)
  3. Most fours in career. (1734+ Fours)
  4. Two unbeaten 50+ runs in a match. (241* & 60* vs Australia in 2004)
  5. Fast to 8000 runs. (154 Inns)
  6. Fast to 12000 runs. (247 Inns)
  7. Fast to 13,000 runs. (266 Inns)
  8. Most hundred partnerships by a pair. (17 Hundred Partnership with Rahul Dravid)³
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  Combined Test, ODI & T20I Records

  1. Most Runs in career. (30638 Runs)
  2. Most Hundreds in career. (93 Hundreds)
  3. Most Hundreds in a calendar year. (12 Hundreds in 1998)
  4. Most Hundreds against one team. (19 Hundreds against Australia)
  5. Most Nineties in career.(25 Nineties)
  6. Most Fifties in career. (147 Fifties)
  7. Most Fours in career. (3623+ Fours)
  8. Highest Overall Parnership runs by a pair. (12400 Runs with Sourav Ganguly)
  9. Most Hundred Parnerships by a pair. (38 Hundreds with Sourav Ganguly)
  10. Most matches in career. (606 Matches)
  11. Most consequetive matches for a team. (239 Matches for India from 25 April 1990 to 24 April 1998)
  12. Most 'Player of the match' awards. (73 Awards)
  13. Most 'Player of the series' awards. (18 Awards)

      World Cup Records

      1. Most Runs. (1796 Runs)
      2. Most Hundreds. (4 Hundreds)
      3. Most Fifties. (13 Fifties)
      4. Most runs in a series. (673 runs in 2003 World Cup)
      5. Highest Parnership runs for 3rd wicket. (237 Runs with Rahul Dravid).
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