Sachin Tendulkar was born at Nirmal Nursing Home in Dadar, Bombay on April 24, 1973. His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, was a well-known Marathi novelist and his mother, Rajni, worked in the insurance industry.
Ramesh named Tendulkar after his favorite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.
Sachin played as a youngster with his half-brother, Ajit, for Sahitya Sahawas society’s cricket team at Bandra East. The leading Indian cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkar's talent and coached him at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings.
Sachin would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became tired, Achrekar would put a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps. The bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would win the coin, while if Tendulkar got through the entire net session without being dismissed, it was him who pocketed the rupee. He now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions.
Tendulkar was a ball boy during the 1987 Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and England.
He shared an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game against St. Xavier's High School in 1988 with his friend and teammate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad.
On December 11, 1988, aged 15 years and 232 days, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for Bombay against Gujarat at home and scored 100 not out in that match, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on debut in first-class cricket.
Tendulkar holds the unique distinction of scoring a century on debut in Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy.
He made his Test Cricket debut on November 15, 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent India internationally for close to twenty-four years.
His first Test century was achieved against England in 1990, when he scored 119 not out.
The third umpire was first used in Test cricket in November 1992 at Kingsmead, Durban for the South Africa vs. India series. Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be given out by the third umpire in an international game when he was dismissed (run out) by using television replays in the second day of the Test after scoring 11.
He achieved his highest score in 2004 when he scored an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh.
Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricket player to score a Double hundred in One Day International format in 2010 when he scored 200 not out against South Africa.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer to score 100 international cricket centuries. He achieved his much awaited 100th international hundred on March 16, 2012 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.
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| Sachin Tendulkar at MRF promotion event. By Bollywood Hungama, |
Ramesh named Tendulkar after his favorite music director, Sachin Dev Burman.
Sachin played as a youngster with his half-brother, Ajit, for Sahitya Sahawas society’s cricket team at Bandra East. The leading Indian cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar was impressed with Tendulkar's talent and coached him at Shivaji Park in the mornings and evenings.
Sachin would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became tired, Achrekar would put a one-rupee coin on the top of the stumps. The bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would win the coin, while if Tendulkar got through the entire net session without being dismissed, it was him who pocketed the rupee. He now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions.
Tendulkar was a ball boy during the 1987 Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and England.
He shared an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game against St. Xavier's High School in 1988 with his friend and teammate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. This was a record partnership in any form of cricket until 2006, when it was broken by two under-13 batsmen in a match held at Hyderabad.
On December 11, 1988, aged 15 years and 232 days, Sachin Tendulkar made his debut for Bombay against Gujarat at home and scored 100 not out in that match, making him the youngest Indian to score a century on debut in first-class cricket.
Tendulkar holds the unique distinction of scoring a century on debut in Ranji Trophy, Irani Trophy and Duleep Trophy.
He made his Test Cricket debut on November 15, 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent India internationally for close to twenty-four years.
His first Test century was achieved against England in 1990, when he scored 119 not out.
The third umpire was first used in Test cricket in November 1992 at Kingsmead, Durban for the South Africa vs. India series. Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be given out by the third umpire in an international game when he was dismissed (run out) by using television replays in the second day of the Test after scoring 11.
He achieved his highest score in 2004 when he scored an unbeaten 248 against Bangladesh.
Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricket player to score a Double hundred in One Day International format in 2010 when he scored 200 not out against South Africa.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer to score 100 international cricket centuries. He achieved his much awaited 100th international hundred on March 16, 2012 against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.
He scored a total of 51 centuries in Tests and 49 in One Day International matches; both are world records for highest number of centuries by a batsman.
In Test matches, Tendulkar has scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, and in One Day Internationals, Tendulkar has scored centuries against all of the cricketing nations that have permanent ODI status.
He is the highest run scorer of all time in International cricket. Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.
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| Tendulkar at the crease, getting ready to face a delivery. By Vikas - The Legend |
After a few hours of his final match on November 16, 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to confer on Tendulkar the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. He was the youngest recipient and first sportsperson to receive the honor.
Tendulkar was the first individual without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.
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