Name - Sachin Tendulkar

Full Name -Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Nick names - Master blaster,Little Master

Birth Place- Bombay, India

Date of Birth - April 24, 1973

Qualification - Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Occupation - Great player(Cricket)

Zodiac Sign -Taurus

Height - 5 ft 5 inc

Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest cricket player in the world. Some time his fans also called him"God of Cricket".Sachin Tendulkar a boy of 16 walks in to bat against the fiery attack of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram and is hit on the head, even then this little boy goes on to make half century. This boy was none other than the phenomenal Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar, the very name that strikes terror in the hearts of the bowlers all over the world, is regarded as the most accomplished batsman of modern day cricket. Since his debut against Pakistan in 1989, Sachin Tendulkar has been shining like a star in the international cricketing arena.

Batting Style:	Right -Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Medium, Leg Break, Right Arm off Break
ODI Debut:	India v Pakistan at Gujranwala, 2nd ODI, 1989/90
Test Debut:	India v Pakistan at Karachi, 1st Test, 1989/90

Retirement 16 Nov 2013

Sachin at very first-

Sachin Tendulkar was born on April 23, 1973 at the Nirmal Nursing Home in Dadar, Mumbai. His father was one of the most famous novelists of Maharashtra, Ramesh Tendulkar, and his mother Rajni was an insurance professional. His father named Sachin after Sachin Dev Burman who happened to be his favorite music director. He was the youngest among 4 siblings – elder brothers Nitin and Ajit and elder sister Savita.

Early childhood

The first few years of Sachin’s life were spent at the Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society in Bandra East. As a young kid Sachin was completely opposite to how he is nowadays – at school he was not averse to picking a fight or two against children who had come there for the first time and this led him to be regarded as a bully of sorts.

In his teens Sachin was a big fan of John McEnroe, one of the prominent tennis stars from the US who was also known for his fits of temper. Ajit decided to do away with the bullying and mischievous nature of Sachin and so he introduced him to cricket during 1984. He took Sachin to Ramakant Achrekar, who was one of the most well known club cricketers of his time as well as a top coach. He used to teach at Shivaji Park, Dadar.

Achrekar liked what we saw with the young Sachin and asked him to change his school to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High School, which was located in Dadar itself. The school was a top name in local cricketing circles and had gifted many famous cricketers at that time. Before this, Sachin had been studying at the Indian Education Society’s New English School in Bandra East.

The cricketing journey starts

Achrekar started by coaching Sachin in the mornings before school and in the evenings after his school got over. Tendulkar used to practice for hours at end and whenever he became tired Achrekar used to place a one rupee coin at the top of his stumps. The condition was that Sachin could keep them if he did not get out and Sachin collected 13 coins this way, which he still regards as being among his most treasured possessions. It was at this time that he decided to stay with his uncle and aunt who lived close to Shivaji Park in order to deal with a tiring schedule.

Sachin – the child prodigy

At school Sachin was regarded as a child prodigy and was a common point of discussion in the cricketing circles of Mumbai. He was a constant feature for his school team in the well known Matunga Gujarati Seva Mandal Shield. Along with school cricket, Sachin made his mark in club cricket as well with appearances at the prestigious Kanga League. His first club was the John Bright Cricket Club and then he switched to the Cricket Club of India (CCI).

Sachin attended the MRF Pace Foundation in Madras at the age of 14 so that he could train and become a fast bowler. However, Dennis Lillee who was heading the proceedings was not impressed at the least by the young kid and asked him to focus on his batting instead. It was during this time that Sachin was not able to win the Best Junior Cricketer Award of the Mumbai Cricket Association and was distraught but he received a pair of ultra light pads from a certain Mr. Sunil Gavaskar who wrote to him as well and said that he himself had not been able to win it as well as that age. In an effort to gee up the young talent he also stated that he had not done too badly as a cricketer himself. Sachin stated after he had eclipsed Gavaskar’s record of 34 test centuries that it had acted as possibly the greatest encouragement for him at that point in time.

First brushes with international cricket

Sachin’s first experience of international cricket came when he appeared as a substitute for Imran Khan’s team at an exhibition game that was being staged at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai as a commemoration of the golden jubilee of CCI where Sachin used to play. When India played England in the semi final of the 1987 World Cup in Mumbai Sachin played the role of a ball-boy in that game.

First glimpses of his talent

Sachin had an exceptional season in 1988 and hammered a century in each and every match he played. With former friend and team India colleague Vinod Kambli he took part in an unbeaten partnership of 664 runs against the St. Xavier’s High School in a Lord Harris Shield interschool contest. Their dominance was such that the opposition was not keen on going ahead with the match and one bowler was actually crying. Tendulkar notched up a 326 in that game and also scored in excess of 1000 runs in that tournament. His partnership was to stay unbroken till 2006 when a couple of under-13 batsmen eclipsed it at a game held in Hyderabad.

They say that morning shows the day and this was absolutely true for Sachin as well. With sheer diligence and hard work coupled with unfathomable natural talent and unsurpassed hunger for runs the young Mumbaikar demonstrated the qualities that propelled him to the national team at the tender age of 16 to face Pakistan which was one of the toughest teams at that time and had a formidable bowling attack. Sachin acquitted himself well on that tour and the rest as they say is history!

Achievements And Accolades

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as the best batsman of his generation. He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his International debut in Test match cricket against Pakistan 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 player to score a double century in a One Day International, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. In October 2013, he became the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs in all recognized cricket (first-class, List A and Twenty20 combined).
In 2002, 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. 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. 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.

Tendulkar has been honoured with the the Arjuna award in 1994 for outstanding achievement in National sports, the Padma Shri award in 1999, India’s fourth highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan award in 2008, India’s second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India’s highest sporting honour. Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards. In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India. He was also the first sportsperson (and the first without an aviation background) to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia..
In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs and from Twenty20 format in October 2013. He announced his retirement from Test matches in October 2013, and retired from cricket altogether on 16 November 2013, after playing his 200th Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. Sachin Tendulkar played 664 matches in international cricket, scoring 34,357 runs. Within a few hours of ending of his final match, the Prime Minister’s Office announced the conferring of the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, for Sachin Tendulkar making him the first sportsperson ever and youngest recipient to date.
Tendulkar was born at Nirmal Nursing Home on 24 April 1973. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a well-known Marathi novelist and his mother, Rajni, worked in the insurance industry. Ramesh named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar has three elder siblings: two half-brothers Nitin and Ajit, and a half-sister Savita. They were Ramesh’s children from his first marriage. He spent his formative years in the Sahitya Sahawas Cooperative Housing Society, Bandra (East). As a young boy, Tendulkar was considered a bully, and often picked up fights with new children in his school. He also showed an interest in tennis, idolising John McEnroe. To help curb his mischievous and bullying tendencies, Ajit introduced him to cricket in 1984. He introduced the young Sachin to Ramakant Achrekar, a famous cricket coach and a club cricketer of repute, at Shivaji Park, Dadar.
Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkar’s talent and advised him to shift his schooling to Sharadashram Vidyamandir (English) High School, a school at Dadar which had a dominant cricket team and had produced many notable cricketers. Prior to this, Tendulkar had attended the Indian Education Society’s New English School in Bandra (East). He was also coached under the guidance of Achrekar at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings. Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions. He moved in with his aunt and uncle, who lived near Shivaji Park, during this period, due to his hectic schedule.
Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali
Meanwhile at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in local cricketing circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. Sachin consistently featured in his school Shardashram Vidyamandir (English) team in Matunga Gujarati Seva Mandal (popularly coined MGSM Shield).[35] Besides school cricket, he also played club cricket, initially representing John Bright Cricket Club in Mumbai’s premier club cricket tournament, the Kanga League, and later went on to play for the Cricket Club of India. In 1987, at the age of 14, he attended the MRF Pace Foundation in Madras (now Chennai) to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead. On January 20, 1987, he also turned out as substitute for Imran Khan’s side in an exhibition game at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai,to mark the golden jubilee of Cricket Club of India.[40] A couple of months later, former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar gave him a pair of his own ultra light pads and consoled him to not get disheartened for not getting the Mumbai Cricket Association’s “Best junior cricket award”(He was 14 years that time). “It was the greatest source of encouragement for me,” Tendulkar said nearly 20 years later after surpassing Gavaskar’s world record of 34 Test centuries. Sachin served as a ballboy in 1987 Cricket World Cup when India played against England in the semifinal in Mumbai. His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every innings he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game against St. Xavier’s High School in 1988 with his friend and team-mate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. The destructive pair reduced one bowler to tears and made the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326 (not out) in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament. This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad in India.
On 24 May 1995, at the age of 22, Tendulkar married Anjali, a paediatrician and daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta and British social worker Annabel Mehta. Sachin’s father-in-law, Anand Mehta, is a seven-time national bridge champion. Anjali is six years his senior. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997) and Arjun (born 24 September 1999). Arjun Tendulkar, a left handed batsman, has been included in under-14 probables list of Mumbai Cricket Association for off-season training camp and in January 2013 he was selected for Mumbai under-14 team for the west zone league.
Tendulkar is an ardent devotee of Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi. He has visited Puttaparthi on several occasions to seek Baba’s blessings. In 1997, Tendulkar captained the Indian National side, playing against a World Eleven team, in the Unity Cup which was held at the hill view stadium in Puttaparthi, in Baba’s presence. After Sai Baba’s death, Tendulkar broke into tears when he saw the body of Baba in Puttaparthi, and cancelled his birthday celebrations. The cricketer is also known to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at home and frequently visits temples during night when it is calm and quiet. The cricketer has also offered his prayers at several other Hindu temples across the country.
On 14 November 1987, Tendulkar was selected to represent Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, India’s premier domestic first-class cricket tournament, for the 1987–88 season. However, he was not selected for the final eleven in any of the matches, though he was often used as a substitute fielder. He narrowly missed out playing alongside his idol Gavaskar, who had retired from all forms of cricket after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. A year later, on 11 December 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar made his debut for Mumbai against Gujarat at home and scored 100 not out in that match, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on first-class debut. He was handpicked to play for the team by the then Mumbai captain Dilip Vengsarkar after watching him easily negotiating India’s best fast bowler at the time, Kapil Dev, in the Wankhede Stadium nets, where the Indian team had come to play against the touring New Zealand team. He followed this by scoring a century in his first Deodhar and Duleep Trophies, which are also Indian domestic tournaments.
Tendulkar finished the 1988–89 season as Mumbai’s highest run-scorer. He also made an unbeaten century in the Irani Trophy match against Delhi at the start of the 1989–90 season, playing for the Rest of India. Sachin was picked for young Indian team to tour England twice,under the Star Cricket Club banner in 1988 and 1989.
His first double century(204*) was for Mumbai while playing against the visiting Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998. He is the only player to score a century in all three of his domestic first-class debuts. Sachin scored a brilliant 233* against Tamil Nadu in Ranji Trophy semifinal in April 2000 in Mumbai,which he still rates as one of his best in Ranji career.
Following poor performance in the 2012 series against England, Tendulkar announced his retirement from One Day Internationals on 23 December 2012, while noting that he will be available for Test cricket. In response to the news, former India captain Sourav Ganguly noted that Tendulkar could have played the up-coming series against Pakistan, while Anil Kumble said it would be “tough to see an Indian (ODI) team list without Tendulkar’s name in it”, and Javagal Srinath mentioned that Tendulkar “changed the way ODIs were played right from the time he opened in New Zealand in 1994″.
After playing his lone Twenty20 International in 2006 against South Africa, he stated that he would not play T20 Internationals anymore. He announced his retirement from IPL after his team Mumbai Indians beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 26 May to win the Pepsi Indian Premier League 2013. He retired from Twenty20 cricket and limited-overs cricket, after playing the 2013 Champions League Twenty20 in Sept-Oct 2013 in India for Mumbai Indians.
On 10 October 2013 Tendulkar announced that he would retire from all cricket after the two-Test series against West Indies in November. Later the BCCI confirmed that the two matches will be played at Kolkata and Mumbai, making the farewell happen at his home ground on Tendulkar’s request. He scored 74 runs in his last test innings against West Indies,thus failing short by 79 runs to complete 16,000 runs in test cricket. The Cricket Association of Bengal and the Mumbai Cricket Association organized events to mark his retirement from the sport. Various national and international figures from cricket, politics, Bollywood and other fields spoke about him in a day-long Salaam Sachin Conclave organized by India Today.

Sachin Tendulkar Test Records

The third-youngest debutant (16 years 205 days) in test cricket.
Highest run-scorer in the history of Test cricket, with 15,837 Test runs
His career average from 1989 to 2013 in 198 Tests is 53.86
He became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark
Sachin and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in 195 innings
World record of 8,705 runs in Tests away from home
World record of 29 centuries in Tests away from home
First player to reach 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000 Test runs
Record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year (six times)
Fourth-highest run-getter in a single calendar year in Test history
World record for aggregating most runs in the fourth innings
The only cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket (test and ODI)
Highest number (51) of Test centuries
Highest number (20) of 150+ score in Test Cricket
When he scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century.
His record of 5 centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
Has scored centuries against all Test playing nations

Sachin Tendulkar ODI Records

Played 463 matches and made 185 consecutive ODI appearances
The second-youngest debutant in ODI cricket
Record for being the first batsman to score the most runs (200) in an ODI Innings
Scored the most runs in ODI cricket (18426 runs in 463 innings)
The only player ever to cross the 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 run marks
First player to reach 10,000, 11,000, 12,000, 13,000, 14,000, 15,000, 16,000, 17,000 and 18,000 ODI run marks
Scored the most centuries (49)
Sachin, Virender Sehwag and Rohit Sharma are the only cricketers ever to score a double hundred in ODI
Most ODI runs in a calendar year (1,894 runs in 1998)
Most centuries in a calendar year (9 in 1998)
Sachin, along with Sourav Ganguly, holds the world record for the maximum number of runs scored for an opening partnership
Sachin, along with Rahul Dravid, holds the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches
Has been involved in six 200-run partnerships in ODI matches
Most runs (2,278) in World Cup Cricket
Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup
Opened the innings 340 times in ODI cricket
Most overall runs in international cricket (ODIs + Tests + Twenty20)
Record of getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches

Sachin Tendulkar Awards and Achievements

1994: Arjuna Award Recipient for achievements in cricket
1997: One of the five cricketers selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1997/98: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - India's highest sporting honour
1999: Padma Shri - India's fourth-highest civilian award
2003: The "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the Best of India poll by Zee News
2006: One of the Asian Heroes by Time magazine
2006: Sportsperson of the Year
2008: Padma Vibhushan - India's second-highest civilian award
2009: Time magazine included Sachin's Test Debut in "Top 10 Sporting Moments"
2010: LG People's Choice Award
2010: ICC Cricketer of the Year - Highest award in the ICC listings
2010: Sports Icon of the Year for 21 years at the NDTV Indian of the Year Awards
2010: One of the world's 100 most influential people in "The 2010 TIME 100" poll by Time magazine
2004, 2007 and 2010: ICC World ODI XI
2009, 2010 and 2011: ICC World Test XI
1997, 2010 and 2012: Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
Won a record 16 Man of the Series and 62 Man of the Match awards in ODI Matches
Has the distinction of having won Man of the Match Award against all ICC Full Members (Test Playing Nations)
2012: Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award
2012: Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the Australian government

Full farewell speech that Sachin Tendulkar gave on retirement-

Mumbai: As the 62,000 fans cramming inside Mumbai's Wankhede stadium shouted "Saachin, Saachin" for long, they sat in silence with tears streaming down their cheeks, as Sachin Tendulkar read out his farewell speech.

Standing among the players, Sachin's wife Anjali was also seen weeping.

Here is the full text of Sachin's speech:

"Friends please settle down, I'll get more emotional! It's hard to believe my wonderful journey is coming to an end. I've a list of names to thank.

The first is my father, who passed away in 1999. Without his guidance I wouldn't be standing in front of you. He said: 'Chase your dreams, don't give up, the path will be difficult.' I miss him today.

My mother, I don't how she dealt with such a naughty like guy me. She took care of me to be healthy. She started praying for me even before I started my career and I think those prayers gave my strength.

In my school days, I used to stay with my uncle and aunt as my school was far away. They treated me like their son. They gave me enough food that I can play well.

My eldest brother Nitin doesn't like to talk much but he said, 'whatever you do, I know you will give 100 percent'. Savita my sister. My first cricket bat was presented to me by my sister, a Kashmir willow bat. She still continues to fast while I bat.

Ajit, I don't what do I talk about him. It all started from the age of 11, he took me to Achrekar sir my coach. And my life changed. Even last night, he called me and we were discussing my dismissal.

Various things we agreed upon and disagreed upon. We have had a lot of arguments over my technique. I have had a lot of chat with him. Even last night he called me to discuss my dismissal. If I had not done that, I would have been a lesser cricketer.

The most beautiful thing happened to me when I met Anjali in 1990. I know that being a doctor there was a big career in front of her. When we had a family, she decided that I should continue playing and she took care of the children. Thanks for bearing with me for all the nonsense I've said. You are the best partnership that I had in my life.

Then the two precious diamonds of my life Sara and Arjun. I've missed out on several birthdays, holidays, annual days and sports days. Time has flown by, my daughter is 16, son is 14. Thanks for understanding, both of you have been so special to me. I've not spent enough time with you but I promise you the rest 16 years and more is for you.

My in-laws - Anand Mehta and Annabel -- have been always supporting. I discuss various things with them, we have a strong family and, most importantly, thank you for allowing me to marry Anjali.

There have been a lot of friends who have supported me. Leaving their work and coming to bowl for me when I called them. I thought my career was over when I was injured, but my friends called even at 3 a.m. and made me believe that it was not over.

My career started at 11. My brother took me to Achrekar sir and that is the best to have happened to me. Sir would be taking me on his scooter all over Mumbai. I would bat one innings in ShivajiPark and then the next at Azad Maidan to ensure that I get enough match practice. On a lighter note, he's never said well played to me so that I don't get complacent.

I think you can say well done now Sir and push your luck, because there won't be anymore matches.

I started my career here in Mumbai. I remember landing from NZ at 4 a.m. and playing a Ranji game the next day. I have had a great relationship with the BCCI who believed in me to give me a debut when I was just 16. Thanks to the selectors. You were right with me making sure I was well taken care of.

Thanks to all the senior cricketers who have played with me. We see on the screen Rahul, VVS, Sourav, Anil (Kumble) who is not here. All the coaches. I know when MS (Dhoni) presented the 200th Test cap, I had a message to the team -- I said we are all so proud to be representing the nation. I hope to continue to serve the nation with dignity. I have full faith that you will serve the country in the right spirit.

I will be failing in my duty if I didn't thank the doctors who have kept me fit. Given the injuries I have suffered. They have treated me in odd hours.

My dear friend the late Mark Mascarenhas. I miss him. My current management team WSG, for continuing what Mark has done. Someone who has worked closely with me for 14 years is my friend Vinod Nayudu.

The media has backed me a lot, since my school days. Even today. Thank you. Thanks to the photographers for capturing those moments.

I know my speech has become long. I want to thank people who have flown in from different parts of the world. I want to thank my fans from the bottom of my heart. 'Sachin, Sachin' will reverberate in my ears till I stop breathing."

Remarks about Sachin Tendulkar

Captain of the Indian cricket team (1996-1997).

Considered the best cricket batsman of his generation - and according to his fans, the best batsman of all time.

Member of India's cricket team (1989 - 2013).

The first and one of the only three cricket players in the world's second most-watched team sport to score 200 runs in a One Day International match (2010).

(May 10, 2010) Merited a position in Time magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" ("Heroes" category) with an homage contributed by friend Deepak Chopra.

Once in a BBC interview when asked about his dream women, Sachin answered 'my wife' without batting an eyelid.

Like loads of other cricketers, Sachin is pretty superstitious - he'll always put on his left pad before his right whenever he's getting padded up.

Sachin was given a pair of pads by his cricket hero Sunil Gavaskar when he was a schoolboy - and he made his Test debut for India against Pakistan aged just 16-years old in 1989 wearing those very pads.

Retirement 16 Nov 2013