Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सचिन रमेश तेंडुलकर; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was an integral part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.

Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries (48 ODI & 51 Test cricket) in international cricket. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game, having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket. He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test andODI matches.

Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.

                                             

                                      

Personal information
Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (age 38) Bombay (now Mumbai),Maharashtra, India
Nickname	Little Master, Tendlya,[1] The God of Cricket[2]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	22 August 2011 v England
ODI debut(cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	10
Only T20I	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988–present	Mumbai
2008–present	Mumbai Indians
1992	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	182	453	285	540
Runs scored	15,048	18,111	23,884	21,663
Batting average	56.25	45.16	59.26	45.89
100s/50s	51/62	48/95	78/107	59/113
Top score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Balls bowled	4,132	8,032	7,497	10,220
Wickets	45	154	70	201
Bowling average	53.68	44.32	61.54	42.11
5 wickets ininnings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	108/–	136/–	176/–	171/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 August 2011