Tendulkar- Master of Cricket

Full Name :Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Date of Birth :April 24, 1973
Place of Birth :Mumbai
Major Teams :India, Mumbai
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
Height :5'5

From the picture one can easly guess that he is in a very cheerful mind and within few minutes he will be more effective for the team. While Indian team playing in the cricket field and if there are Sachin in the team and if he alive in the ground, before the last ball of the last over one can't say India is going to be defeted as if it need 6 runs from one ball. Sachin has the power to change the mood of the play. Here are some details of this master batsman.

Sachin Tendulkar was born in a middle class Rajapur Saraswat Family in Mumbai named after his family's favorite Music Director - Sachin Dev Burman, father - Late Ramesh Tendulkar was a Marathi Novelist, elder brother saw his interest in cricket and encouraged him to pursue the game. He married Anjali Mehta who is a pediatrician bears two children - A nine-year-old daughter named Sara, and a six-year-old son named Arjun.He sponsors 200 underprivileged children through a Mumbai based NGO called Apnalaya.He attended The Sharada Ashram Vidya Mandir School and started playing cricket here. His coach and mentor was Ramakant Achrekar and teammate was Vinod Kambli. He had an unbroken record of 664 run partnership with Vinod. This partnership was broken in 2006 by 2 under thirteen batsmen - Shabaz and Manoj Kumar in a match in Hyderabad.He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketers.
He holds many batting records like the most Test centuries. The most ODI centuries and the most number of runs in One Day Internationals. Tendulkar was a Wisden Cricketer of The Year in 1997.

A genius without a doubt, this little master made his International debut in ODI’s and Tests at the age of 16 against Pakistan against the fiery pace of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He then went to England as a part of the national side, and has not looked back ever since. The name itself strikes terror in the hearts of bowlers all around the world. Hailed as the next master-blaster following the legacy of the great West Indian Vivian Richards, this man has every shot in the book, and can kill any attack in the world when in full swing. There is nothing this man cannot do.

The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, making the record in the third game of a five-match series against Australia on the 31st of March 2001. He reached the landmark when he scored 34 runs in his 266th match and 259th innings. Tendulkar, 27, in his amazing 12-year career, has scored a world record 28 hundreds and 50 half-centuries in his 10,000 runs.

While his batting ranks him among the best in the world, he is also a part-time bowler and has played a crucial role as a leg spinner or a medium pace bowler who tends to break partnerships. He has more than a hundred wickets in ODIs and 35 in tests, though his bowling averages are above 40. He continues to perform well under the massive weight of expectation of hundreds of millions of cricket followers, in India and around the world, and most recently was named Player Of The Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Achievements of his career:

· 4th highest tally of runs in test cricket (10,134) at an outstanding average of 57.25 (highest among those who have scored over 8,500 test runs) as of March 2005
· Most runs (over 13642) and centuries (38) in one-day internationals
· Only person to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005
· Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs (as of April 3, 2005)
· Most Number of Man of the Matches in one-day internationals
· Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in ODIs as of April 2005
· Most Number of Runs in World Cup Cricket History
· First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
· Has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries.
· Among those who have played over 100 test matches, he is the only one with a batting
average above 55.
· Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches.
· He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
· He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in test cricket history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara. Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
· To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes a batsman as an all time great.
· Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999)