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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

"In India Cricket is A Religion and Sachin Is God"

A tribute to the Amazing Sachin Tendulkar - The God of Cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is popularly known as God of Cricket, Master Blaster. He is one of the best Batsman and the most respected Cricketer(Sportsman) in the World Sachin is the 2nd richest Cricketer in the World.

In the early 90's people use to switch off TV if Sachin gets out, Sachin Tendulkar has Billions of fan followers all around the world.

Biography:

Sachin Tendulkar was born on 24th April 1973 in Mumbai (then Bombay) into a middle-class family, Sachin Tendulkar was named after his family’s favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He went to Sharadashram Vidyamandir School where he started his cricketing career under coach Ramakant Achrekar. While at school, he was involved in a mammoth 664 run partnership in a Harris Shield game with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. In 1988/1989, he scored 100 not-out in his first first-class match, for Bombay against Gujarat. At 15 years and 232 days he was the youngest to score a century on debut.

Personal Profile:

Sachin Tendulkar in his Childhood

Name : Sachin Tendulkar
Full name : Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Nick name :The God of Cricket, The Master Blaster, The Little Master, The Bombay Bomber,Tendlya
Height : 5’4”
DOB: 24-04-1973
Birth place: Mumbai, India
Test Debut: Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90
ODI Debut: Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
First Class Debut: 1988
Major Teams: Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, India
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium, Leg Break Googly
Marital Status: Married
Wife Name: Anjali Tendulkar
Children: Two (One Boy and One Girl)
Girl Name: Sarah Tendulkar
Boy Name: Arjun Tendulkar

Favorites of Sachin Tendulkar:

Ground: Sydney cricket ground
Movie: Coming to America
Music: Pop
Hobby: Collecting CD's.
Car: Maruti
Actors: Amitabh Bacchan, Nana Patekar
Actresses: Madhuri Dixit
Cricket Heroes: Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Sandeep Patil
Other Fav. Stars: Maradona, Borris Becker
Drink: Orange / Apple juice and water
Food: Steak, Sea Food
Pastime: Listening to peaceful music with friends
Clothes: Official jacket and tie, else jeans and T-shirt
Magazine: Sportstar
Newspapers: Times of India, Mid-day, Afternoon Dispatch
Restaurant: Bukhara, Maurya Sheraton
Holiday Resort: Yorkshire, Headingley
Hotel: Park Royal Darling Harbour, Sydney
Other Sports: Tennis

Best Friends: Vinod Kambli, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly, Virendra Shewag.

Double Century in ODI against South Africa

Career Stats:

Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Avge	HS	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s
Tests	200	329	33	15,921	53.72	248*	29,319	54.05	51	68	2,058	69
ODIs	463	452	41	18,426	44.83	200*	21,367	86.24	49	96	2,016	195
t20is	1	1	-	10	10	10	12	83.33	-	-	2	-
First Class	309	489	51	25,322	57.81	248*	34,087	74.29	81	115	2,500	115
List A	551	538	55	21,999	45.55	200*	22,802	96.48	60	114	2,190	217
T20s	96	96	11	2,797	32.91	100*	2,310	121.08	1	16	359	38

Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Madiens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Eco	Sr	BB	4w	5w	10
Tests	199	144	4,228	83	2,484	46	54	3.53	91.91	3/10	-	-	-
ODIs	463	270	8,054	24	6,850	154	44.48	5.1	52.3	5/32	4	2	-
T20is	1	1	15	-	12	1	12	4.8	15	1/12	-	-	-
First Class	309	239	7,593	170	4,376	71	61.63	3.46	106.94	3/10	-	-	-
List A	551	326	10,230	39	8,478	201	42.18	4.97	50.9	5/32	4	2	-
T20s	96	8	93	-	123	2	61.5	7.94	46.5	1/12	-	-	-

National Honours:

1994 - Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding
achievement in sports.
1997-98 - Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports.
1999 - Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.
2001 - Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award.
2008 - Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.

Records of Sachin Tendulkar:

Sachin Tendulkar has a tons of records in cricket almost in every section the only area where
unfortunately Sachin failed to make record is in his Captaincy, i think he left it for his best friend
Sourav Ganguly.

1. World record of becoming first cricketer to play 200 Test matches. 2. Highest run getter in test matches (15,847 as on 8 November 2013). 3. Highest run getter in ODIs (18,426). 4. 15,310 of his runs came while opening the innings with the aid of 45 centuries and 75 fifties in 340 innings- most by an opener. 5. Most number of centuries in Test matches – 51. 6. Most number of centuries in ODIs – 49. 7. Most number of man of the match awards (62) in the ODIs. 8. Most number of man of the series awards (17) in ODIs. 9. Best average for man of the matches in ODIs. 10. First cricketer to reach 10,000–11,000–12,000–13,000–14,000–15,000–16,000–17,000–18,000 runs in the ODIs. 11. Only player ever to cross the 14,000–15,000–16,000–17,000 and 18,000 run marks in ODIs. 12. He is the highest run scorer in World Cups (2,278 at an average of 56.95) 13. Most number of the man of the match awards in World cups. 14. Most number of runs in the 1996 World cup – 523 runs at an average of 87.16. 15. Most number of runs in the 2003 World cup – 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup. 16. Most number of Fifties in ODIs – 96. 17. Highest number of 50+ scores in ODI’s – 145 (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties). 18. First player to have scored over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs. 19. Appeared in most number of tests – 200. 20. Appeared in most number of ODIs – 463. 21. First player to score 200 runs in an ODI. 22. Tendulkar top-scored for India on 129 occasions – most such occasions for any player in ODIs. 23. He was the first players to complete the all-round treble of 10000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches. 24. Is the only player to have made three scores of 175 or more. 25. Is the only player with five scores of 150 or more. 26. Holds the record for scoring 1,000 ODI runs in a calendar year on most occasions. He did so seven times – 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007 27. Tendulkar has scored over 1,000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations. 28. Has played ODIs with 866 players (teammates and opponents) – most for any player in ODI history. 29. He has most scores in 90s: 18 (including one not out innings). 30. He Was involved in 99 century partnerships – most by any player. 31. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 3,000 runs against an opponent (3,077 runs against Australia).Since then he has also done this against Sri Lanka (3,113 runs). 32. Tendulkar 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. 33. Tendulkar is the only Indian to score a century on ODI captaincy debut (110 v Sri Lanka at Colombo RPS on 28 August 1996). 34. Tendulkar was the first Indian player to score a century and capture four wickets in the same ODI (v Australia at Dhaka on 28 October 1998). 35. 11.27% of all the runs and 24.50% of all the hundreds scored by all Indian batsmen have come from Tendulkar’s bat. 36. His nine centuries against Australia are the most by any player against a particular country. He occupies the second place too, with eight centuries against Sri Lanka. 37. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They put together 6,609 runs in 136 matches that include 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 21 century partnerships for the opening pair is also a world record. 38. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODIs when they scored 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in 1999-00 at the Hyderabad. 39. Only the second player (after Javed Miandad) to appear in SIX World Cups – from 1992 to 2011. 40. Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998. 41. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998. 42. Longest career span : 22 years 91 days. 43. Between April 1990 and April 1998 Tendulkar played 185 consecutive matches – a World record. 44. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC Batsmen ranking for 10 years in Tests. 45. He was the first cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor only to be followed by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 46. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman. 47. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as the No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI players. 48. He was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli. 49. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts. 50. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire. 51. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them. 52. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times. 53. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODIs most by any batsman. 54. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team loses a match in ODIs. Out of his 62-man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost. 55. Tendulkar most number man of match awards (12) against Australia. 56. In August 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News. 57. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes. 58. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others. 59. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 50 centuries in international cricket. 60. Tendulkar was the first batsman to score over 75 centuries in international cricket. 61. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of December 2012 he had accumulated almost 34,074 runs overall. 62. The 22 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record. 63. 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 64. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid 65. Most ODI Centuries in a calendar year: 9 centuries in 1998. 66. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (49 Centuries and 96 Fifties) (as of 7 March 2012) 67. The only player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000, 18,000 run marks IN ODI. *68. Third highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200 against South Africa at Gwalior in 2011). 69. The score of 200* is the third highest score recorded in ODI matches. 70. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations. 71. 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 72. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds. 73. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185. 74. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world. 75. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. 76. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record. 77. 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. 78. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. 79. He holds record for the second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world in a calendar year. 80. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home. 81. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings. 82. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches. 83. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third overall. 84. First to score 30,000 international runs. 85. Tendulkar's 33,906 runs in international cricket include 18,426 runs in ODIs, 15,470 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played. 86. On 10 December 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka . He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket. 87. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wickets and more than 15,000 runs in ODIs. 88. Tendulkar is the first batsman in history to score 100 centuries in international cricket. 89. Holds the record for amassing most runs in a winning cause 11157 (average 56.63), including 33 centuries, in 234 matches. 90. Also has the highest average in a winning cause 56.63 which is the highest among the batsmen with 7000 runs or more in a winning cause. 91. He completed 50,000 runs on October 5th, 2013. 92. He has got 20 ducks in ODI cricket. 93. He has scored most runs in boundaries (fours)in ODI cricket 20164= 8064.* 94. He has scored 195 sixes in ODI cricket(Not most but in top 10). 95. He hit 25 boundaries in his unbeaten 200 against south africa , the first and most in a single ODI innings.

		Some controversies that hit Sachin’s career: Ball tampering charges: During the second Test against South Africa in November 2001,

Sachin was seen cleaning the seam of the cricket ball. Match referee Mike Denness found

Sachin guilty of ball tampering and handed him a one Test match ban. Denness also took action

against five other Indian cricketers on various charges. This led to an uproar back home and

escalated to an extent that Denness was barred from entering the venue of the third Test match.

Later, ICC revoked the official status of the match and the ban on Sachin was revoked. Ferrari’s custom duty imbroglio:

Sachin was gifted a Ferrari 360 Modena in July 2002 by the automotive giant Ferrari

commemorating Sachin Tendulkar's feat of equalling Don Bradman's 29 centuries in Test.

India's then Finance Minister Jaswant Singh offered to waive custom's duty imposed on the

car as a measure to applaud his feat. However, the rules at the time stated that the customs

duty can be waived only when receiving an automobile as a prize and not as a gift. Social activists

protested the waiver. Subsequently, Sachin offered to pay the customs duty and the tab was finally

picked up by Ferrari. ‘I’m an Indian first’ remark:

Sachin made a comment in a TV interview in November 2009 that snowballed into a big

controversy. He has said: "Mumbai belongs to India. That is how I look at it. I am a

Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But, I am an Indian first." Later, in an article

in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece, party chief Bal Thackeray hit out at Sachin Tendulkar saying,

“You said you are proud of being Marathi but are an Indian first. This has hurt the Marathi

people. From the cricket pitch you have entered the political pitch.”

Sachin’s son Aryan selection in Jan 2013: The selection of Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar’s

son Arjun in the Mumbai Under-14 team for West Zone league matches went viral sparking a

new controversy. According to the media reports, several deserving budding cricketers were

left out.

Quotes on Sachin Tendulkar:

*"India’s fortunate will depend on how many runs the little master scores .* *There is no doubt Sachin Tendulkar is the real thing."* *-Sunil Gavaskar,*

"I have seen god. he bats at no.4 for India." -Mathew Hayden,

*"Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed because even the*

Lord is watching!" -A banner in UK,

"In India, you can sue Prime Minister for once but no one can contest Sachin Tendulkar." -Navjot Singh Sidhu,

"There are two kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others." -Andy Flower,

"I have joked before that there is a good chance that I might retire before Tendulkar." -MS Dhoni,

"We have started calling him grandfather." -Yuvraj Singh,

"To me he will not just be remembered as a great player and a lovely human being, but as

somebody who tried to learn Bengali for the last 14 years but never managed to do so!"

-Sourav Ganguly,

"Sachin is a Genius, I am a mere mortal."

Brain Lara,

"He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also."
-Waqar Younis,

"Sachin has been sent by God to play cricket and then go back."

-Ravi Shastri,

"I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting

me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from

Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player."

-Shane Warne,

"For me, Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricketers. He has done extremely well and is very

aggressive. I look forward to the day when I can see him play live. That's a dream."

-Usain Bolt,

"Sachin Saaaachin Sachin Saaaachin Sachin Saaaachin"

-Gururaj Budihal

"We are gonna Miss you Sachin"

														"Thank You Sachin" *******

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Some controversies that hit Sachin’s career:

"We are gonna Miss you Sachin"


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