Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation  (born 24 April 1973 in Mumbai) is a former Indian cricketer.^[5] He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsman in the history of cricket.^[6] He has the highest number of runs in both Test cricket and One Day Internationals.^[7][8][9] He also has the highest number of centuries in both formats of the game. He always honoured better players than him like Garfield Sobers or Don Bradman. Sachin Tendulkar is one the richest cricketer of India.^[10]

Sachin Tendulkar
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Tendulkar in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	(1973-04-24) 24 April 1973 (age 52)[1] Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India
Nickname	Little Master,[1] Master Blaster[2][3]
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
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
1994	East Bengal[4]
2008–2013	Mumbai Indians (squad no. 10)
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 52/68 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 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/10 5/32 3/10 5/32 Catches/stumpings 115/– 140/– 186/– 175/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 15 November 2013

100th international century

Tendulkar scored his much awaited 100th international hundred on 16 March 2012 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup. He became the first person in history to achieve this feat. Incidentally, it was Tendulkar's first ODI hundred against Bangladesh. He said "It's been a tough phase for me ... I was not thinking about the milestone, the media started all this, wherever I went, the restaurant, room service, everyone was talking about the 100th hundred. Nobody talked about my 99 hundreds. It became mentally tough for me because nobody talked about my 99 hundreds."^[11]

National honours of sachin

• 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 - Padma Shri, India's 'fourth' highest civilian award.
• 2001 - Maharashtra Bhushan Award, Maharashtra State's highest Civilian Award.
• 2008 - Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award.
• 2014 - Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.^[12]

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