Sachin Tendulkar
Personal Profile
Sachin Tendulkar
Birth Name:
Sachin Ramesh TendulkarCommon Name:
SachinNickname:
Tendlya, Little Master, Master BlasterDate of Birth:
April 24, 1973Zodiac Sign:
TaurusPlace of Birth:
Mumbai, IndiaHeight:
5' 5"Sex:
MaleHair Color:
Black Eye Color:
BrownNationality:
IndianReligion:
HinduismEducation:
Sharadashram Vidyamandir SchoolHobbies:
Driving, Listening music
Family
Sachin Tendulkar
Father:
Ramesah TendulkarMother:
Rajni TendulkarSpouse:
Anjali MehtaSon:
ArjunDaughter:
Sara
Career
Sachin Tendulkar
Profession:
SportsmanDebut:
15 November 1989 v Pakistan
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Sachin Tendulkar
Food:
Sea FoodActor:
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Trivia
Sachin Tendulkar
- The oldest cricketer in his sport still plays like the youngest, with the enthusiasm and energy of a debutant, be it running and sliding or becomeing the first man to score 200 in a one day international.
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- In a world of fluctuating celebrity, his image, and his word, remain unspoilt.
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- Along with his cricket bat, he still holds India in the palm of his hands.
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- He plays each of his shots amazingly and has even employed the reverse sweep to good effect.
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- Sachin Tendulkar has tremendous power in his forearms and can hit the ball out of almost every ground in the World.
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Quotes
Sachin Tendulkar
- I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result. - Unknown
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- I'll be going to bed having nightmares of Sachin just running down the wicket and belting me back over the head for six. He was unstoppable. I don't think anyone, apart from Don Bradman, is in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar. He is just an amazing player - Unknown
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- I am sure this book would soon become a collector's item. - Unknown
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- The International cricket calendar shouldn't be so packed with action that it drives spectators away. Also, there should be enough space between cricket events to help players recharge their batteries - not just physically but mentally, too. - Unknown
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- The kids were very happy, they woke me up and took me to their room which they had decorated. It looked like they had done a lot of special planning and they were enjoying. It was a pleasant surprise for me. - Unknown
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Biography
Sachin Tendulkar
Last Updated: Monday, February 04, 2002
Indian expert cricket player, considered by many to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. In 2005 he became the first cricketer to score 35 centuries in Test (international) play. Tendulkar was given his first bat when he was 11. As a 14-year-old, he used it to score 329 out of a world-record stand of 664 in a school match. A year later he scored a century on his first-class debut for Bombay (Mumbai), and at 16 years 205 days he became India's youngest Test cricketer, making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989. When he was 18 he scored two centuries in Australia (148 in Sydney and 114 in Perth), and in 1994 he scored 179 against the West Indies. In August 1996, at age 23,
Sachin Tendulkar was made captain of his country's team.
Though India was beaten in the semifinals of the 1996 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar emerged as the tournament's top run scorer, with 523 runs. In 1997 he was selected for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, the maximum award given to an Indian athlete, for his outstanding performance in the 1997–98 season. India was defeated by Australia in the 1999 World Cup, failing to advance past the round of six, and was soundly beaten by both Australia and South Africa in series later that year. In the 2003 World Cup, however, Tendulkar helped his team advance as far as the finals. Though India was again beaten by Australia, Tendulkar, who averaged 60.2, was named the man of the tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar made history in December 2005 when he scored his record-breaking 35th century in Test play against Sri Lanka. The feat was accomplished in a total of 125 Tests and allowed Tendulkar to surpass the productive Indian run scorer Sunil Gavaskar. In June 2007 Tendulkar reached another major milestone when he became the first player to record 15,000 runs in one-day international play. Throughout his long career Sachin Tendulkar was consistently ranked among the game's best batsmen. He was often likened to Australia's Don Bradman in his single-minded dedication to scoring runs and the certainty of his strokeplay off both front and back foot.