Sachin Tendulkar, full Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, (born 24 April 1973 in Bombay [Mumbai], India), Indian professional cricketer considered by many to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

In 2012 he became the first cricketer to score 100 centuries (100 runs in a single innings) in international play.

He is considered one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.[4] He is the all-time highest run scorer in international cricket and the only player to have scored a hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International (ODI), the record holder for most runs at both in both Test and ODI cricket and as of 2021 the only player to have scored more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.

He was the only Indian cricketer to be included in an all-time Test World XI compiled in 2013 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Wisden Cricketers Almanac. He is affectionately known as "Little Master" or "Master Blaster".

Tendulkar started cricket at the age of 11, made his Test match debut against Pakistan in Karachi on 15 November 1989 at the age of 16 and then represented Mumbai domestically and India internationally for almost 24 years. In 2002, midway through his career, Wisden 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 part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket 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.

Sachin Tendulkar Records

The list of records Tendulkar holds is perhaps almost endless! Since debuting as the youngest player at age 16, Tendulkar has continued to break records and set new ones. We list some here.

• The highest number of centuries (49) and fifties (96)
• Third highest single score (after Sehwag and Rohit Sharma) in One Day Cricket history (200* v South Africa on 24 February 2010 in Gwalior).
• Most centuries in a calendar year (9 in 1998)
• The first person to score a double century
• Most runs in a calendar year (1,894 runs in 1998).
• Most centuries in a calendar year (9 in 1998).
• Most Man of the Match awards (62)
• Most Man of the Match honors in World Cup games (9).
• Awards for Most Man in the Series (15)
• Sachin Tendulkar has played the most one-dayers (463 ODIs).
• Most centuries against a single opponent (9 ODI centuries against Australia).
• Sachin has surpassed 1,000 runs in a calendar year seven times (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007).
• Sachin Tendulkar was involved in a mammoth 331-run partnership for the 2nd wicket with Rahul Dravid (vs New Zealand in Hyderabad on 8 November 1999), later broken by Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels in 2015.
• The impressive couple Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly achieved more than 26 partnerships in ODIs. Of these, the 21st century stands were destined for the opening wicket.
• He has scored over 2,500 runs against Australia as well as Sri Lanka. No other batsman has managed to pull off such a feat even against a single opponent.

Early Domestic Career

On 14 November 1987, 14-year-old Tendulkar was selected to represent Bombay in the Ranji Trophy, India's premier domestic first class cricket tournament, for the 1987/88 season. However, he was not selected for the last eleven in any of the games, despite being frequently used as a substitute outfield player.

He narrowly missed playing alongside his idol Gavaskar, who retired from all forms of cricket after the 1987 Cricket World Cup. A year later on December 11, 1988, at the age of 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar made his debut for Bombay against Gujarat at Wankhede Stadium and scored 100 goals in that game, making him the youngest Indian to contribute in a century scored his debut in the first division. class cricket. He was chosen by then-Bombay captain Dilip Vengsarkar to play for the team after watching him easily beat India's top fast bowler in the cricket practice nets at Wankhede Stadium, where the Indian team had come to play at that time, Kapil Dev was playing against the traveling New Zealand team. He then scored a century in his first Deodhar and Duleep trophies which are also Indian domestic tournaments.

Tendulkar finished the 1988–89 Ranji Trophy season as Bombay's top run scorer. He hit 583 runs with an average of 67.77 and was the eighth highest run scorer overall. In 1995-96 Irani Trophy he captained Mumbai against Rest of India team. He also went unbeaten for a century in the Irani Trophy match against Delhi early in the 1989/90 season and played for the rest of India. Sachin was selected for a young Indian team that toured England twice in 1988 and 1989 under the Star Cricket Club banner.

In the famous 1990/91 Ranji Trophy final, in which Haryana beat Bombay by two carries after leading in the first innings, Tendulkar's 96 from 75 balls was a key to giving Bombay a chance of victory as they tried , chasing 355 from just 70 overs on finals day.

In the 1995 Ranji Trophy final, Tendulkar scored 140 and 139 against Punjab at Wankhede while playing as captain. Against Haydrabad 53, 128 in 2000, 105, 43 against Bengal in 2007 are the innings he played for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final at Wankhede Stadium.

International Career

Raj Singh Dungarpur is credited with selecting Tendulkar for the Indian tour of Pakistan in late 1989, after a stellar season. The Indian selection committee had expressed an interest in selecting Tendulkar for the West Indies tour held earlier in the year, but ultimately did not select him as they did not want him exposed to the West Indies' dominating fast bowlers so early on in his Career.

Tendulkar made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989 at the age of 16 years and 205 days. He made 15 runs and was bowled by Waqar Younis, who also made his debut in that match but was known for handling numerous hits to his body on the hands of the Pakistani pace attack.

In the fourth and final test in Sialkot, he was hit in the nose by a bouncer beaten by Younis, but he refused medical attention and continued to hit even as blood spurted out.[69] In a 20-over exhibition match in Peshawar, held in parallel with the bilateral series, Tendulkar hit 53 runs with 18 balls, including one over in which he made 27 runs (6-4-0-6-6-6) with his leg scored - Spinner Abdul Qadir.

This was later called "one of the best innings I've seen" by then-India captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Overall, he tallied 215 runs with a 35.83 average in the Test series and was released without scoring a run in the only One Day International (ODI) he played at. Thus, Sachin Tendulkar became the youngest player to debut for India in Tests at the age of 16 years and 205 days, and also the youngest player to debut for India in ODIs at the age of 16 years and 238 days.

The series was followed by a tour of New Zealand in which he hit 117 runs with an average of 29.25 in Tests, including an innings of 88 in the second Test. He was dismissed without counting in one of the two one-day games he played and scored 36 in the other.

On his next tour, a summer tour to England in 1990, on 14 August, he became the second youngest cricketer to score a Test century when he failed to make out 119 in the second Test at Old Trafford in Manchester, an innings that contributed to a tie and saved India from certain failure in the match. Describing his innings as "a disciplined display of immense maturity", Wisden also wrote:

Captaincy

Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. When Tendulkar took over as captain in 1996, it was filled with high hopes and expectations. By 1997, however, the team was performing poorly. Azharuddin has been credited with saying, "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeet nahin hai!" which translates to "He won't win! It's not the kid's destiny!"

Tendulkar, who succeeded Azharuddin as captain for his second term, led India on a tour of Australia where the visitors were beaten 3-0 by the newly crowned world champions. However, Tendulkar won the Player of the Series award as well as Player of the Match in one of the games. After another loss in the Test series, this time with a 2-0 advantage at home to South Africa, Tendulkar resigned and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000.

Rahul Dravid's wish to step down as captain was revealed during the 2007 Tour of England for the Indian team. Then the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sharad Pawar, offered Tendulkar the captaincy, who instead recommended Mahendra Singh Dhoni to take the reins. Pawar later revealed this conversation and credited Tendulkar with first passing on the name of Dhoni, who has since had much success as a captain.

Indian Premier League and Champions League

Tendulkar was named an icon player and captain of his home side, the Mumbai Indians, in the inaugural Twenty20 competition of the Indian Premier League in 2008. An icon player, he was signed for a sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the team's second-highest-paid player, Sanath Jayasuriya.

In the 2010 edition of the Indian Premier League, the Mumbai Indians reached the final of the tournament. Tendulkar hit 618 runs in 14 innings during the tournament, breaking Shaun Marsh's record for most runs in an IPL season. He was declared Player of the Tournament for his performance during the season. He also won the Best Batsman and Best Captain awards at the 2010 IPL Awards Ceremony.  Sachin has scored more than 500 runs in IPL in two different seasons as captain.

Sachin Tendulkar captained the Mumbai Indians in 4 league games of the second edition of the league. He scored 68 in the first game and 48 against Guyana. However, the Mumbai Indians failed to qualify for the semifinals after losing the first two games. Tendulkar scored 135 runs.

Tendulkar scored his first twenty-two-hundred in the 2011 IPL against Kochi Tuskers Kerala. He didn't score 100 from 66 balls. In 2013, Sachin retired from the Indian Premier League and was named the Mumbai Indians' "team icon" in 2014. His last game for the team was the 2013 Champions League final, where he scored 14 runs in an Indians win. In his 78 games in the IPL, Tendulkar hit a total of 2,334 runs; At the time of his retirement, he was the fifth-highest run scorer in the history of the competition. Indians of Mumbai retired his number 10 jersey in tribute to Tendulkar.

After Retirement

In July 2014, he captained the MCC team in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's. In December 2014 he was appointed ambassador for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 event. It is his second term, having previously held the ambassadorship of the previous ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011. He was awarded the ICC Cricket World Cup Ambassador position in consecutive Cricket World Cup years (2011 and 2015).