Sachin Tendulkar....LIFE , LEGEND & BEYOND

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Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born 24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 36)
Mumbai, India
Nickname Little Master, Tendlya,[1] Master Blaster,[2] The Master,[3][4] The Little Champion[5]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg spin / Right-arm off spin
Role Batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 187) 15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test 16 November 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI 8 November 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no. 10
Domestic team information
Years Team
1988–present Mumbai
2008-present Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992 Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 160 436 262 523
Runs scored 12,877 17,178 21,766 20,730
Batting average 54.79 44.50 58.82 45.36
100s/50s 43/53 45/91 70/99 56/109
Top score 248* 186* 248* 186*
Balls bowled 3,976 8,020 7,341 10,196
Wickets 44 154 69 201
Bowling average 52.09 44.26 60.63 42.01
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 103/– 132/– 171/– 167/–

Acheivements

Sachin Tendulkar is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 17,178 runs. With a current aggregate of 12,877 Test runs, he surpassed Brian Lara's previous record tally of 11,953 runs as the highest run scorer in test matches in the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour of India in Mohali.[15] [74] Sachin described “It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career” on the day he achieved the record.[75] He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test (43) and ODI cricket (45). Throughout his career, he has made a strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also elected Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the objective scoring method of the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and best ODI batsman of all time.

Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals. Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still playing in international cricket from the 1980s.

He has been Man of the Match 11 times in Test matches and Man of the Series 4 times,[76] out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The performances earned him respect from Australian cricket fans and players.[41] Similarly he has been Man of the Match 60 times in One day International matches and Man of the Series 14 time.