sachin ramesh tendulkar..............the god of cricket

                                  sachin ramesh tendulkar

                                                {the god of cricket}

Early Life

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 in Mumbai to Ramesh and Rajni Tendulkar.

His mother worked in an insurance company while his father was a Marathi Novelist. Sachin started playing cricket from his childhood days. His brother Vijay was the main motivation behind him taking cricket as a profession.To begin with he started training under Ramakant Achrekar his coach at Sharadashram Vidyamandir. Then he joined MRF Pace Academy in pursue of becoming a fast bowler but some of the greats of cricket advised him to focus on batting.

Then he started playing at school level where he was involved in a record 664 run unbroken stand with Vinod Kambli.

He married Anjali a doctor by profession in 1995 and they have a son Arjun and a daughter Sara.Cricket Career

He made his first class debut for Bombay against Gujarat making a century at just 15 years and 232 days thus becoming the youngest player to score a century on debut. He also represented Mumbai in Duleep and Irani trophy.

Tendulkar made his International debut during the 1989 tour of Pakistan. He played his first test against Pakistan in Karachi on November 15, 1989 and handled the pace attack of Pakistan constituting of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram with ease and caution. He was then regarded as becoming one of the greats.

He made his ODI debut against Pakistan on December 18, 1989. He made his maiden test century (119*) against England at Old Trafford thus becoming the second youngest player to score a test century at the age of 16. Wisden described that innings as one of the disciplined mixed with maturity.

From there on Tendulkar rose through the ranks and went on to become one of the greatest to have played the game of cricket.

His maiden ODI century came in his 79th match against Australia on September 9, 1994 in Srilanka. Imagine that and now he is has the highest number of centuries both in tests and ODI. His good form didn’t stopped there as he went on to become the leading run scorer in 1996 world cup.

Tendulkar achieved his peak form in the year 1998 when he showed his strength and easiness to murder spin attack. He made a mark on Shane Warne and Gavin Robertson mauling them by occasionally dancing down the track and drive over the infield. He scored three consecutive centuries in the series against Australia.

He again tormented Australia especially Shane Warne in Sharjah with two most unbelievable knocks of his career and helping India win the Sharjah Cup. He scored two back to back centuries (semifinal and final) as India beat Australia.

Sachin Tendulkar scored his 99th international hundred against England on 12th March 2011 in their World Cup encounter. Since then he was in constant pressure for getting to the landmark of 100 international century.

Media was abuzz with only one issue whenever he went out to bat. That took the toll on his batting and he was a failure in the next 33 innings (22 in Test and 11 in ODIs). He came close to scoring 100th ton onseveral ocassion but got dismissed under pressure.

He had a bad outing in England Tour followed by a dismal performance against Australia in Australia in 2011-12. Predictions of his retirement palns were doing rounds and everyone was asking the same question.

But the moment finally arrived in Mirpur, Dhaka in Bangladesh. It was yet another outing for the little master but this time he didin't dissapointed and reached his 100th International century against Bangladesh on 16th March 2012. He scored 114 runs off 147 deliveries with 12 Fours and 1 Six.

Awards & Achievements

Today Sachin Tendulkar holds every record possible in cricket. He is also ranked as the second best test batsman and ODI batsman of all time by Wisden.

He was the first to reach 10,000 runs in ODI and 12000, 13000 and 14000 runs in Test Cricket.

He also holds the record of highest run scorer in ODI and Test.

He has the highest number of centuries in ODI (48) and Test (51).

Highest Individual score in an ODI innings (200*) against South Africa.

First man on the planet to score a double century in ODI.

Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

His awards include:

Arjuna Award, 1994

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1997

Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 1997

Padma Shri, 1999

Maharashtra Bhushan Award, 2001

Padma Vibhushan, 2008Sachin Tendulkar is the most experienced player of Team India and plays as an opener in ODI and middle order batsman in Tests. He is a right handed batsman and bowls right arm leg-spin, off-spin and medium pace. He is well known as Little Master, Master Blaster and is nicknamed Tendlya. He is the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

First Name Sachin

Last Name Tendulkar

Birth Name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Nick Name Little Master, Tendlya, The God of Cricket, Master Blaster, The Master, The Little Champion

Date of Birth Tuesday, April 24 1973

Place of Birth Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mother Rajni

Father Ramesh Tendulkar

Brother Ajit

Wife Anjali Tendulkar

Son Arjun

Daughter Sara

Education High School From Sharadashram Vidya Mander

Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Marital Status Married

Occupation Cricketer

Batting Style Right-handed

Bowling Style Right-arm leg spin, Off spin, medium pace

Role in Team Batsman (Openening Batsman)

Debut Test debut: November 15, 1989 Vs Pakistan

ODI debut: December 18, 1989 Vs Pakistan

T-20 debut: Dec 1, 2006 Vs South Africa

Highest Batting Rankings: In Test: 1

In ODI: 1

Awards And Achievements: ICC Cricketer of the Year, 2010

Padma Vibhushan, 2008

Rajiv Gandhi Awards, 2005

Player of the Tournament in ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

Maharashtra Bhushan Award, 2001

Padma Shri, 1999

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, 1997

Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 1997

Arjuna Award, 1994