Wish You A Very Happy Birthday Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar(The God Of Cricket)
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar born on 24 April 1973 is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He 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 One Day International, the holder of the record for the number of runs in both ODI and Test cricket, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.
In 2002, just 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. 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 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.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. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award. He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.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.In 2012, he was named an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia.
In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs. He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013 and subsequently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, retiring on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.
National honours
1994 – Arjuna Award, by the Government of India in recognition of his outstanding achievement in sports.
1997–98 – Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest honour given for achievement in sports.
1999 – IND Padma Shri BAR.png Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.
2001 – Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award.
2008 – IND Padma Vibhushan BAR.png Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
2014 – Bharat Ratna Ribbon.svg Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.
Other honours
1997 – Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
2002 – In commemorating Tendulkar's feat of equalling Don Bradman's 29 centuries in Test Cricket, automotive company Ferrari invited him to its paddock in Silverstone on the eve of the British Grand Prix on 23 July, to receive a Ferrari 360 Modena from the F1 world champion Michael Schumacher.
2003 – Player of the tournament in 2003 Cricket World Cup.
2004, 2007, 2010 – ICC World ODI XI.
2009, 2010, 2011 – ICC World Test XI.
2010 – Outstanding Achievement in Sport and the Peoples Choice Award at The Asian Awards in London.
2010 – Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.
2010 – ICC Award-Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for cricketer of the year.
2010 – LG People's Choice Award.
2010 – Made an Honorary group captain by the Indian Air Force.
2011 – BCCI Cricketer of the Year award.
2011 – Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year award.
2012 – Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award.
2012 – Honorary Life Membership of Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
2012 – Honorary Member of the Order of Australia, given by the Australian government.
2013 – Indian Postal Service released a stamp of Tendulkar and he became the second Indian after Mother Teresa to have such stamp released in their lifetime.
Sachin Tendulkar: List of his world records in ODIs and Tests
Sachin Tendulkar is the only man to play 200 Tests and score 100 international hundreds. Here is a list of many other records he broke during his career.
Arguably the greatest modern day batsman, Sachin Tendulkar walked into the international sunset after re-writing just about every batting record in ODIs and Tests.
Tendulkar has amassed 18426 runs from 463 ODIs at an average of 44.83 and falls just one short of a half-century of hundreds in the 50 overs format. He also has 15921 runs from 200 Tests. A look at all the records Tendulkar holds:
Most One-Day Internationals: 463
Most Man of the Match awards: 62
Most Man of the Series awards: 15
Longest ODI career: 22 years 91 days
Only one to accomplish rare ODI triple: 15000 runs (18426), 100 wickets (154) and 100 catches (140)
Most ODI runs: 18426 (ave.44.83) in 463 matches
Most ODI centuries: 49
Most hundreds against any team: 9 vs Australia
Only batsman to register 8 or more hundreds against two nations: 9 vs Australia and 8 vs Sri Lanka
Most 50-plus innings: 195 (49 centuries and 96 fifties)
Most runs in a calendar year: 1894 (ave.65.31) in 34 matches in 1998
Most hundreds in a calendar year: 9 in 34 matches in 1998
Most times to score 1000 runs in a calendar year: 7 times
Most 90s in a career: 18
Most fours: 2016
Most runs against Australia: 3077 at an average of 44.59 in 71 matches
Most runs against Sri Lanka: 3113 (ave.43.84) in 84 matches.
Most runs against South Africa: 2001 runs at an average of 35.73 in 57 matches
Most runs against Pakistan: 2526 (ave.40.09) in 69 matches
First batsman to score an ODI double hundred: 200 not out against South Africa on Feb.24,2010
Most runs in World Cups: 2278 runs at an average of 56.95 in 45 matches
Most centuries in World Cups: 6 in 44 innings
Most runs in a single World Cup: 673 at an average of 61.18 in 11 matches in 2002-03
Most number of Test runs - 15,921
Most number of Tests played -200
Most number of Test centuries - 51
Most 90s made in Tests - 10 (Jointly holds record with Steve Waugh and Rahul Dravid)\
Most fifties in Tests - 68
Fastest to 10,000 runs in Tests (195 innings - joint with Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara) 17. Fastest to 14,000 runs in Tests - 279 innings 18. Fastest to 15,000 runs in Tests - 300
Fastest to 14,000 runs in Tests - 279 innings
Fastest to 15,000 runs in Tests - 300
| Personal information | ||
| Full name | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | |
| Born | 24 April 1973 (age 43)[1] | |
| Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra | ||
| Nickname | Tendlya, Little Master,[1] Master Blaster[2][3] | |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | |
| Batting style | Right-handed | |
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium, leg break, off break | |
| Role | Batsman | |
| Relations | Wife: Anjali Tendulkar (m. 1995) | |
| Daughter: Sara Tendulkar (b. 1997) | ||
| Son: Arjun Tendulkar (b. 1999) | ||
| International information | ||
| National side | India | |
| 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 | LA |
| Matches | 200 | 551 |
| Runs scored | 15,921 | 21,999 |
| Batting average | 53.78 | 45.54 |
| 100s/50s | 51/68 | 60/114 |
| Top score | 248* | 200* |
| Balls bowled | 4,240 | 10,230 |
| Wickets | 46 | 201 |
| Bowling average | 54.17 | 42.17 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 03-Oct | May-32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 115/– | 175/– |
| Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha (Nominated) | ||
| In office | ||
| 27 April 2012– | ||
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