Sachin Tendulkar

SACHIN TENDULKAR

India's Sachin Tendulkar (R) celebrates after scoring a century as Saurav Ganguly watches on the first day of their fourth test cricket match against Australia in Nagpur.

Test Records

12273
Runs

ODI Records

16422

Runs

T20 Reocrds
10
Runs

Brief Biography:

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkarpronunciation (born 24 April, 1973 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a record-breaking Indian cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman, and the second greatest One-day international batsman behind Sir Vivian Richards. In 2003, this list was revised where Tendulkar was ranked No. 1 and Richards at No. 2.

He holds several highly regarded batting records and is the leading scorer of centuries in both Test cricket and one-day internationals. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so. He is the most prolific run scorer in ODIs by a margin of over 4000 runs and has scored the most runs in international cricket as a whole. He crossed 16,000 runs in ODIs on February 5, 2008 while playing against Sri Lanka in Brisbane, Australia. Affectionately called 'The Little Master' or 'The Master Blaster', Tendulkar made his first-class debut for the Mumbai cricket team aged 14 and scored a century on debut. He made his international test debut in 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at age 16.

He is the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour and the only cricketer and one of the first sportsmen (along with Vishwanathan Anand ) to receive Padma Vibhushan (2008), the second highest civilian honor of India. He is the most sponsored player in world cricket and has a huge fan following even amongst foreign audiences. Tendulkar has made numerous commercial ventures including opening a chain of restaurants in India.

PERSONAL PROFILE:

Name
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born
24 April 1973, Mumbai
Major Teams
Mumbai, Yorkshire, India, ACC Asian XI
Batting Style
Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right Arm Off Break, Leg Break, Right Arm Medium
Test Debut
15-20 Nov,1989 (Ind vs Pak at Karachi)
ODI Debut
18 Dec 1989 (Ind vs Pak at Gujranwala)
T20I Debut
1 Dec 2006 (Ind v RSA at Johannesburg)

VINOD KAMBLI WITH SACHIN TENDULKAR