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Sachin Tendulkar
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (/ˌsətʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/ (About this sound listen); born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian international cricketer and a former captain of the Indian national team, regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.[4] He is the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket. Often referred to as the 'God of Cricket' by Indian cricket followers,[5] Tendulkar took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a ODI, the holder of the record for the most number of runs in both Test and ODI, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.[6]

Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar at MRF Promotion Event.jpg
Tendulkar with the ICC Cricket World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born
24 April 1973 (age 45)[1]
Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Nickname
God of Cricket, Little Master,[1] Master Blaster[2][3]
Height
5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium, leg break, off break
Role
Batsman
International information
National side
India (1989–2013)
Test debut (cap 187)
15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test
14 November 2013 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 74)
18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI
18 March 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.
10
Only T20I (cap 11)
1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1988
Cricket Club of India
1988–2013
Mumbai
1992
Yorkshire
2008–2013
Mumbai Indians (squad no. 10)
2014
Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 200 463 310 551
Runs scored 15,921 18,426 25,396 21,999
Batting average 53.78 44.83 57.84 45.54
100s/50s 51/68 49/96 81/116 60/114
Top score 248* 200* 248* 200*
Balls bowled 4,240 8,054 7,605 10,230
Wickets 46 154 71 201
Bowling average 54.17 44.48 61.74 42.17
5 wickets in innings 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 115/– 140/– 186/– 175/–
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (nominated)
In office
27 April 2012–26 April 2018
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2013
In 2002, halfway through his career, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[7] Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.[8] He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[9][10][11]

Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards.[12] After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.[13][14] He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.[15][16] He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[17] In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[18] He was also 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.[19] In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.[20][21]

In 2010, Time magazine included Sachin in its annual Time 100 list as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".[22] In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.[23] He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013[24] and subsequently retired from all forms of cricket on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.[25] Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.[6]

Early years
Early domestic career
International career
Indian Premier League and Champions League
Playing style
Fan following
Achievements and awards
Personal life
Biographies
See also
Notes
References